English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�b|-i�b
Noun
en-noun
- (North American slang, pejorative) A boring, studious, or socially inept person; a loser.
- 1980's American slang backronym: Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor; being derived from the social differences and attitudes on the West Coast vs. the East Coast, often said to describe the typical Ivy-league grads from Harvard, Yale, etc.
- one who wants to seem more intelligent and self-directed than he or she actually is.
- One who follows or clings to those who actually are self-directed and socially in tune.
Quotations
No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn! - w:Edmund White|Edmund White, "My Women" 1
There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me - "If You Can't Dance", by the w:Spice Girls|Spice Girls
I may be dumb, I'm not a dweeb. - "Self-Esteem", by w:Offspring|Offspring.
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