weenie

as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded "weenie" label on him

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Recent Examples of weenie Prior to the men’s competition, Miki Sudo won the women’s title, scarfing down a record-setting 51 weenies in 10 minutes, besting her year-ago victory by 11-and-a-half weenies. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 July 2024 Most grocery stores carry bags of these ready-to-eat cocktail weenies near the bacon and hot dogs. Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023 Check out some of the places in the Dallas area that don’t serve a wimpy weenie. Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 July 2023 Ooof, Foster is a pretentious weenie. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for weenie
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Noun
  • As a film nerd with a 37-inch vertical, Nique Clifford only borrows from the best.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
  • Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec.
    Peter White, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • This hyper-personalized approach to teaching is a tennis geek’s dream.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Desperate to return to his own era to help save his kin, Rex must team up with a gang of nerds, freaks and geeks to go back 65 million years in time.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 June 2025

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“Weenie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weenie. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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