dweeb
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of dweeb
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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“He looked like a dweeb, for lack of a better word,” said Tony Annese, his first college head coach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
The main character of “The First Shadow” is Henry Creel, an adolescent dweeb who looks like Pee-wee Herman but has a malevolent side that could give Carrie a run for her prom night money.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025
No one knows because he just comes off as such a dweeb, you know what I'm saying?
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2023
“Hollywood refuses to write even one story about an actual company startup where the CEO isn’t a dweeb and/or evil,” Musk tweeted last year.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023
He was such a dweeb, but he was almost my dweeb now—the only kid who’d stuck by me while the whole school flocked to the hairball.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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