dweeb
Plural: dweebs
Noun
- An uninteresting, socially awkward, or inept person.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
Examples
- He felt like a dweeb for missing the easy bingo in Scrabble right in front of him.
Origin / Etymology
From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.
The 1980s backronym Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor derives from apparent social and attitudinal differences between West Coast and East Coast US, and describes a stereotypical Ivy League graduate from Harvard, Yale, etc.
Etymology tree
Anglo-Norman feblebor.
Middle English feble
English feeble
English mind
English -ed
English minded
English feeble-minded
English feebinflu.
English dweeb
Synonyms
grind, nerd, swot, wonk, Nigel, dork, flabagast, flabaghast, flabbergast, gink, nosebleed
Scrabble Score: 11
dweeb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddweeb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dweeb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary