dweeb

English

Etymology

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dwiːb/
Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

dweeb (plural dweebs)

(US, originally college slang, now general slang, derogatory) A boring, studious, or socially inept person. [From 1968.]
- 2005, Edmund White, My Women
  No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn!
- 1996, Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe (writers), Spice Girls, If U Can't Dance
  There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me.
- 1994, Dexter Holland (writer), The Offspring, Self Esteem
  I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:dork
Sometimes used alongside nerd and geek; however, dweeb does not carry the same connotations of intelligence.

Derived terms

References

dweeb at Etymonline

Anagrams

bedew, bewed

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