dweeb
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dweeb
- /dwiːb/
Rhymes with -iːb
Where it comes from
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.
noun dweebs
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A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.
Similar: dork, flabbergast, flabagast, flabaghast, gink, nerd, Nigel, nosebleed
Talk about this word "dweeb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dweeb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dweeb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dweeb "dweeb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dweeb.Cite this
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title = {dweeb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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