weenies

plural of weenie
as in nerds
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 weenies The sausage rolls, known commonly as pigs in a blanket, were packaged as a dozen Parker House Rolls stuffed with cocktail weenies. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026 López-Alt shared a recipe from a Kentucky friend who puts cocktail weenies in a slow cooker with a cup of ketchup, a cup of brown sugar, and a cup of bourbon before a party. Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026 The men on this album are, to put it plainly, weenies. Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026 For weight weenies, a more expensive jacket means less space taken up in the pack while providing similar warmth as a heavier, less expensive model. Maggie Slepian, Outside, 13 Dec. 2025
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Noun
  • The invite said something like technical alignment, and nobody senior goes to those, because that is the part where the nerds work out the pipes.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a lot going on — clearly too much to pronounce any of Tolkien’s placenames correctly, so just let go of that now, nerds, lest ye despair.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Funko occupies a massive physical footprint in a far corner of the convention center at SDCC, the annual pop culture festival that attracts over 130,000 fans and geeks from around the world.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

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“Weenies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weenies. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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