Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dweeb

/dwiːb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: dweeb
IPA: /dwiːb/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

American usage; Dated; Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb."
"There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me."
"No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn!"

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dweebs (plural)

Derived Forms

dweebery dweebette dweebish dweeblet dweebling dweebness dweeby tweeb

Synonyms

dork flabbergast flabagast flabaghast gink nerd Nigel nosebleed

Rhymes With

habib najib grebe caribe wiebe hebe lieb deeb heeb priebe reeb seib

Questions

How do you pronounce dweeb?: The recorded pronunciation is /dwiːb/.
What does dweeb mean?: A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
Where does dweeb come 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.

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