| Socially awkward types |
Universal |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Dweebs |
Universal |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Nerds |
New York Times Mini |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Intellectually minded high schoolers, to bullies |
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| Squares |
New York Times |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Dweebs |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Dweeby people |
Universal |
06 Jan 2023 |
| Uncool sorts |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Nerds |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Nerds |
The Washington Post |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Nerds |
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| Social goofballs |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Napoleon Dynamite and others |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Social goofballs |
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| Dweebs |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Dec 2016 |
| Dweebs |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Dweebs |
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| Stigmatized students |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Uncool crowd |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2015 |
| Uncool crowd |
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| Stigmatized students |
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| Lame crowd |
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| Uncool customers |
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| Dweebs |
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| Uncool set |
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| Dweebs |
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| Nerds |
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| They hang out with dweebs |
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| They're all square |
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| Jerks |
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| They don't fit in well |
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