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dweeb

UK/dwiːb/ US/ˈdwib/ uncommon dated slang us

noun

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an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Origin

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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