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Dweeb vs Dweebette - What's the difference?

dweeb | dweebette |

As nouns the difference between dweeb and dweebette

is that dweeb is (us|slang|pejorative) a boring, studious, or socially inept person while dweebette is (slang|rare) a female dweeb.

dweeb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, slang, pejorative) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * Sometimes used alongside nerd and geek, however dweeb does not carry the same connotations of intelligence.

    Quotations

    * No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn! – , "My Women" [https://archive.is/20121204150452/www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050613fa_fact] * There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me – "If You Can't Dance", by the * I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb . – "Self-Esteem", by .

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    dweebette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, rare) A female dweeb.
  • * 1988 , Daniel Waters, Heathers (film)
    • Do you think, do you really think, if Betty Finn's fairy godmother made her cool, she'd still act nice and hang with her dweebette friends? No way! Uh-uh!
  • * 2003 , Carsten Stroud, Cuba Strait
    • ...the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, judging by her photo a cranky-looking dweebette with a face like a Chippewa hatchet and a bad case of helmet hair...