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
Most grocery stores carry bags of these ready-to-eat cocktail weenies near the bacon and hot dogs.
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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
So what is a picky cocktail weenie to do?
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
See All Example Sentences for weenie
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
So what is a picky cocktail weenie to do?
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
See All Example Sentences for weenie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weenie
Noun
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Luck is the scion of the football program, a lovable nerd who happened to be the best quarterback in football, aka the perfect Stanford athletics niche: smart and good.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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This is also a great game for nerd families to get together and play for an adventure or two after dinner but before bed.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s a noticeable pride Morot takes in touring me around his geek’s paradise: a two-level office crammed with shelves of scowling latex heads, furry creatures and a pair of giant gators overlooking it all.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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There were kind of two tracks at the time: There was Das Keyboard, aimed toward the more professional programmers and the geeks, and then the gaming keyboards.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
10 May 2025
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“Weenie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weenie. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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