dorky
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dorky
Example Sentences
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I didn’t even mind the dorky dancing in front of taxi cabs during Wednesday night’s ridiculous Netflix Yankees-Giants opener.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
But what was once a small and proudly dorky academic gathering has become something more like AI-palooza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
I was the dorky guy who played basketball all through his school lunch periods and once was elected president of the Malibu Jr. Optimist Stamp Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
If during past summers these people seemed dorky or extreme, insistent on bringing an indoor comfort outdoors, now I wanted to be one of them.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2024
“I’m not a jerk. I’m a junior, which means I’ve done the dorky freshman thing. Now it’s your turn, and I cannot wait to make some popcorn, watch the show, and laugh.”
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
Is there anything dorkier and more boringly domestic than an allowance?
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2018
The teacher was flummoxed until she saw a flood of Rainbow Loom jewelry pour out of a shy kid’s backpack: He and his dorkier classmates were buying bracelets off the student royalty.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2013
Pitch "One Direction for adolescent girls who prefer their guys a little on the dorkier side" is what Atlantic magazine said.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013
The best manifestation of this is in the relationship between two characters named Demetri and Eli, who start the series as the dorkiest of the dorks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2021
Or we’d learn at the very least that this is the awkwardness that passes for seduction in the dorkiest Zip codes of the land.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2018
There was the time Tommy Mooney scored a winner for Watford at Anfield back in 1999, but only the dorkiest of narrative completists would place much significance on that.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2016
My favorite routine—and dorkiest, by far—is a DIY “turn-down service.”
From Time ● Dec. 18, 2015
Myron reached the bottom of the steps with the biggest, goofiest, dorkiest smile I had ever seen on a human being.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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