Definition of DWEEB

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

Scrabble Score: 11

dweeb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dweeb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dweeb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

dweeb: valid Words With Friends Word