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Dorky vs Uberdork - What's the difference?

dorky | uberdork |

As an adjective dorky

is like a dork, or having a dork's characteristics.

As a noun uberdork is

an extremely dorky or geekish person.

dorky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like a dork, or having a dork's characteristics.
  • * 1962 , Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last year at Marienbad page 167:
    • I entitled the piece "Dorky ", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.
  • * 1998 , Dana Redfield, Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light ISBN 9781571741073
    • Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...

    uberdork

    English

    Alternative forms

    *, ueberdork

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extremely dorky or geekish person
  • *{{quote-news, 2003, August 6, Bruce Dessau, Drinking, Not Drowning, Evening Standard citation
    • , passage=By his own admission there is something autistic about this sort of uberdork obsessiveness. }}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 3, author=Abby Aguirre, title=Construction Is Just a Job, but Being a Mom? That Work Is Important, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage="You got jumped because you're an uberdork ."}}