| Traditional techies |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2026 |
| Gravel-shaped candy |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2026 |
| Candy that looks like aquarium gravel |
Universal |
05 Feb 2026 |
| Geeks |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Feb 2026 |
| Brainy introverts |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2025 |
| Uncool bunch |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2025 |
| Uncool sorts |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Brainy types |
Universal |
18 Nov 2025 |
| "Tiny, tangy crunchy candy" |
Universal |
07 Nov 2025 |
| "Revenge of the ___" |
LA Times Mini |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Future tech CEOs, often |
LA Times Mini |
14 Oct 2025 |
| Bookish bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Jocks' counterparts, stereotypically |
New York Times Mini |
08 Aug 2025 |
| Candy in two-flavor packs |
|
|
| People who can name all 1,025 Pokemon, perhaps |
|
|
| Dweebs |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2025 |
| DnD enthusiasts, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 May 2025 |
| Dorky youths |
|
|
| ___ Gummy Clusters (chewy candy covered in crunchy morsels) |
|
|
| Stereotypical bookworms |
New York Times |
12 May 2025 |
| 1984 US comedy movie, Revenge Of The _ (5) |
|
|
| Socially impaired people (5) |
|
|
| 1984's "Revenge of the ___" |
TV |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Geeks |
The Telegraph Plusword |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Wonks ... or a candy once owned by the Willy Wonka Candy Company |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2025 |
| "The Big Bang Theory" types |
|
|
| Dorky folks |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Square figures |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Focused learners, to some |
|
|
| Geeky people |
Commuter |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Relatives of dweebs and dorks |
|
|
| Candies that come in a "dual-chamber box" |
|
|
| Uncool group |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Candy with two flavors per box |
|
|
| Boffins |
Mirror Quick |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Newcastle area roads for dull people |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Geeks like Sheldon, Leonard in The Big Bang Theory |
|
|
| Big name in tiny candies |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Colorful candy with a Gummy Clusters variety |
New York Times Mini |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Geeks |
Commuter |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Trivia lovers, say |
Universal |
18 Nov 2024 |
| People "who invested their personalities in being clever rather than in being good company," per Rosa Lyster |
|
|
| Lisa Simpson and Steve Urkel, for two |
|
|
| Candy with a divided box |
|
|
| Geeky people |
Commuter |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Dorky people |
Commuter |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Candy that comes in two-flavored packs |
|
|
| They might geek out |
|
|
| Uncool group |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Carelessly send with right dull people (5) |
|
|
| Geeks |
Commuter |
17 Sep 2024 |
| They hit the books |
New York Times Mini |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Bookish bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Wonka candy with a dweeby name |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Bookish bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Aug 2024 |
| ___ Gummy Clusters |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Passionate hobbyists |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Bookish bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jun 2024 |
| People prone to geeking out |
Universal |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Brainy people |
USA Today |
14 May 2024 |
| Geeky stans |
|
|
| Tiny tart candies |
|
|
| Geeks |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2024 |
| Clumsy students from northeast taking road south |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2024 |
| Bookish bunch |
Wall Street Journal |
02 May 2024 |
| Jocks' antitheses |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Social zeros |
|
|
| Can we appear obsessed hackers ultimately? |
|
|
| Brainy bunch |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Uncool sorts |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Notably serious pupils |
|
|
| Colorful candy brand |
|
|
| People who love to geek out |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Fruity candy brand |
Commuter |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Geeks |
Commuter |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Geeky types ultimately can be super good lovers |
|
|
| Quiz whizzes, perhaps |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jan 2024 |
| "Revenge of the __" |
Commuter |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Knowledge-loving sorts |
New York Times Mini |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Geeks |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Computer __ |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2023 |
| Brainy bunch |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Too-studious ones |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Uncool group |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Studious stereotypes |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2023 |
| Brainiacs, typically |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Apr 2023 |
| ___ Rope (fruity candy) |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2023 |
| Dual flavor candy brand |
|
|
| Dweebs |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Dweebs |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Obsessives who knew murder cases by heart |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Oct 2022 |
| "Revenge of the ___," 1984 comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards |
|
|
| Proudly brainy sorts |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Amy and Molly in "Booksmart," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2022 |
| Overstudious students |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Intellectual people, stereotypically |
Universal |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Bookish group |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Alternative to the candy Dweebs, once |
Universal |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Bookish sorts |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Stereotypical mathletes |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2022 |
| Pebble-shaped fruity candy |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Brainiacs, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Brainiacs, maybe |
|
|
| Stereotypical math whizzes |
Universal |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Dorky sorts |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Small, bumpy candies |
Universal |
08 Mar 2022 |
| "Triumph of the ___," 1996 documentary featuring interviews with Steve Jobs and other entrepreneurs |
|
|
| Obsessive experts |
Newsday |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Comic-Con attendees |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Comic-Con attendees |
|
|
| Passionate learners, to some |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2022 |
| Sporcle quiz makers, perhaps |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Candy packed in two-flavor boxes |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jan 2022 |
| Fruit-flavored Wonka candy |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2022 |
| "The Big Bang Theory" crowd |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Black Girl ___ (Jamie Broadnax publication) |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Candy in two-flavor boxes |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Dweebs |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Geeky-sounding candy |
|
|
| Geeky-sounding candy |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Uncool people |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2021 |
| Aptly named shelfmate of Smarties candy |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2021 |
| Mathletes, usually |
|
|
| Crunchy, colorful commercial candies |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Bookish people |
Universal |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Uncool collective |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Brainy sorts |
Universal |
30 May 2021 |
| Uncool group |
Thomas Joseph |
25 May 2021 |
| Comic-Con attendees |
|
|
| Comic-Con attendees |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Bookworms, maybe |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Certain school clique |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2021 |
| ___ Rope (Wonka candy) |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Bookish ones |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Those celebrated on the podcast 'Fantastic Geeks (and Where to Find Them)' |
|
|
| Brainiacs, maybe |
|
|
| Brainiacs, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2021 |
| Stereotypical trivia whizzes |
Universal |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Sugary boxful |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Obsessive smarties |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Bookish sorts |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2020 |
| Candy sold in ropes |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Dweebs |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Brainy introverts |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Uncool group |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Ones who rarely skip class |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Ones who rarely skip class |
|
|
| Uncool people |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2020 |
| Brainy bunch |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Fruit-flavored candy in a box |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Uncool sorts |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Brainy bunch |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Boringly studious people |
The Times Concise |
13 Feb 2020 |
| Candy with a short-lived chewy version called Dweebs |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Stereotypical Pi Day celebrants |
|
|
| Stereotypical Pi Day celebrants |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Types who think school is too cool |
|
|
| Types who think school is too cool |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Geeky-sounding candy |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2019 |
| Geeky-sounding candy |
|
|
| Stereotypical mathletes |
Universal |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Crossword constructors, perhaps |
Universal |
04 Sep 2019 |
| Modern-day squares |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Obsessive experts |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| Bookish bunch |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Grape or strawberry candy |
Universal |
04 Jun 2019 |
| Unlikely homecoming court members |
New York Times |
23 May 2019 |
| Small, sour candies |
Universal |
26 Apr 2019 |
| Geeky students |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Some characters in the film 'Real Genius' |
|
|
| Jocks' antitheses |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Enthusiasts, unflatteringly |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2019 |
| __ out: gets excited in a geeky way, in slang |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2019 |
| __ out: gets excited in a geeky way, in slang |
|
|
| Binges on Sporcle quizzes, say, with 'out' |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Grape or strawberry candy |
|
|
| Crossword constructors, perhaps |
|
|
| Small, sour candies |
|
|
| Stereotypical mathletes |
|
|
| Binges on Sporcle quizzes, say, with "out" |
|
|
| Candy in two-compartment boxes |
|
|
| Modern-day squares |
|
|
| __ out: gets excited in a geeky way, in slang |
|
|
| Geeky-sounding candy |
|
|
| Unlikely homecoming court members |
|
|
| Jocks' antitheses |
|
|
| Nestle's candy "Rainbow ___" |
|
|
| Like most of the characters in "The Big Bang Theory" |
|
|
| Geeky sorts |
Universal |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Adorkable types |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Adorkable types |
|
|
| Dweebs |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2018 |
| Dweebs |
|
|
| Square figures |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Computer whizzes, stereotypically |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Colorful Nestlé candy typically with two flavors to a box |
|
|
| Colorful Nestlé candy typically with two flavors to a box |
|
|
| Geeky sorts |
|
|
| Adorkable types |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| Brainiacs, typically |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Certain high school clique |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Mathletes, stereotypically |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Some social misfits |
Universal |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Bullies' targets, often |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2017 |
| Tech entrepreneurs, stereotypically |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2017 |
| Mathletes, stereotypically |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2017 |
| Willy Wonka candy brand |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Societal goofballs |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2017 |
| Smart guys who have trouble scoring |
|
|
| Bookish group |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Stereotypical pocket protector wearers |
Universal |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Some social misfits |
|
|
| Stereotypical pocket protector wearers |
|
|
| Mathletes, stereotypically |
|
|
| Certain high school clique |
|
|
| Geeks |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Unhip sorts |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Brainy high school clique |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Some intellectuals |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Social goofballs |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Square figures |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2016 |
| Geeky types |
Universal |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Studious stereotypes |
Universal |
24 Jun 2016 |
| Uncool group |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2016 |
| People considered boring because of obsessive hobbies or narrow solitary interests |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Feb 2016 |
| "Out crowd" members |
Universal |
28 Jan 2016 |
| "Revenge of the ___" |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2016 |
| Square figures |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" |
|
|
| Social goofballs |
|
|
| Unhip sorts |
|
|
| "Out crowd" members |
|
|
| Brainy high school clique |
|
|
| Some intellectuals |
|
|
| Studious stereotypes |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Techies, stereotypically |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Tiny Willy Wonka candies |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Poindexters |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2015 |
| Hardly hipsters |
Universal |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Geeky types |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2015 |
| Squares |
|
|
| Hardly hipsters |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Techies, stereotypically |
|
|
| Geeks |
|
|
| "Big Bang Theory" types |
|
|
| "The Big Bang Theory" males |
|
|
| "The Big Bang Theory" guys, e.g. |
|
|
| Poindexters |
|
|
| Novel writing? Send to those who are always studying |
|
|
| Pocket-protector brigade |
|
|
| Eggheaded sorts |
|
|
| Willy Wonka Candy Company candy |
|
|
| Unhip types |
|
|
| Unlikely prom kings (though there are exceptions) |
|
|
| Ones who got revenge in a 1984 comedy |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Uncool types |
|
|
| Colorful, pebble-like candies |
|
|
| Tech entrepreneurs, stereotypically |
|
|
| Most characters on "The Big Bang Theory" |
|
|
| Unlikely prom kings |
|
|
| Big Bang Theory characters, for example |
|
|
| Revenge seekers in a 1984 movie |
|
|
| Stereotypical squares |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| Unhip ones |
|
|
| Dorks |
|
|
| The out crowd? |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" (1984 comedy) |
|
|
| Dorks |
|
|
| Square figures |
|
|
| Unlikely prom kings |
|
|
| In-group outcasts |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Overly intellectual sorts |
|
|
| Uncool types |
|
|
| "Study, study, study" types |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Propeller-heads |
|
|
| Unhip types |
|
|
| Unlikely prom kings |
|
|
| In-group outcasts |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" (1984 comedy) |
|
|
| Computer geeks |
|
|
| Squares of sorts |
|
|
| "The Big Bang Theory" males |
|
|
| Comic-Con habitues, stereotypically |
|
|
| Uncool group |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| Square ones |
|
|
| Poindexter types |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" (1984 film) |
|
|
| Square figures |
|
|
| Overly studious types |
|
|
| Whizzes at quizzes? |
|
|
| Wonka candy sometimes stuck to a licorice rope |
|
|
| "The Big Bang Theory" guys |
|
|
| Willy Wonka Candy Company brand |
|
|
| Revenge seekers in a 1984 film |
|
|
| Willy Wonka candy brand |
|
|
| Victims of jocks, perhaps |
|
|
| Revenge seekers in a 1984 film |
|
|
| High-school outcasts, stereotypically |
|
|
| Unlikely class presidents |
|
|
| Unlikely class presidents |
|
|
| Geeky ones |
|
|
| Socially challenged group |
|
|
| Jocks' counterparts |
|
|
| Geeky guys |
|
|
| Uncool people |
|
|
| They're not in |
|
|
| Stereotypical tech entrepreneurs |
|
|
| Studious crowd |
|
|
| Wonka candy |
|
|
| Drips |
|
|
| The out crowd |
|
|
| Drips |
|
|
| Unlikely prom kings |
|
|
| Uncool types |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" |
|
|
| Pocket protector purchasers, perhaps |
|
|
| Uncool sorts |
|
|
| Nestlé candy sold under the Wonka brand |
|
|
| Outcasts |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| They're not seen as cool at school |
|
|
| Stereotypical chess team members |
|
|
| Uncool sorts |
|
|
| Unhip types |
|
|
| Unhip kids |
|
|
| Pocket protector wearers |
|
|
| Ineffectual types |
|
|
| Revenge-seeking group in a 1984 film |
|
|
| School clique, perhaps |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| They're not in |
|
|
| The out crowd |
|
|
| Social rejects, stereotypically |
|
|
| Overly bookish ones |
|
|
| Dorks |
|
|
| Revenge-seeking group in a 1984 film |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" |
|
|
| Geeky guys |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" |
|
|
| Out group |
|
|
| Stereotypical members of the math team |
|
|
| Revenge-seekers of film |
|
|
| They're not in the in crowd |
|
|
| Hardly hepcats |
|
|
| The socially lost, in stereotypes |
|
|
| Willy Wonka product |
|
|
| Uncool ones |
|
|
| High school outcasts |
|
|
| Dorks |
|
|
| Overstudious students |
|
|
| Geeky types |
|
|
| They're not cool |
|
|
| Social outcasts |
|
|
| Joke targets, at times |
|
|
| Social outcasts |
|
|
| They're not cool |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| The out crowd |
|
|
| They'd rather study than party |
|
|
| Joke targets, at times |
|
|
| Bully's targets |
|
|
| Hardly hepcats |
|
|
| Geeks' cousins |
|
|
| Geeky students |
|
|
| Egghead types |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| Geeks |
|
|
| Geeks' cousins |
|
|
| Mathletes, maybe |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" |
|
|
| Users of slide rules, stereotypically |
|
|
| Overly studious types |
|
|
| Uncool group |
|
|
| Uncool types |
|
|
| In-group outcasts |
|
|
| Unhip sorts |
|
|
| Ralph and Potsie, to the Fonz |
|
|
| They're not cool |
|
|
| Unhip sorts |
|
|
| Social duds |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| The socially lost |
|
|
| PC pros |
|
|
| Social duds |
|
|
| Totally unhip types |
|
|
| Those in the out crowd |
|
|
| Uncool fellows |
|
|
| School clique, maybe |
|
|
| Unhip types |
|
|
| Inept ones |
|
|
| They might score well, or not at all |
|
|
| Wimps' cousins |
|
|
| The out crowd |
|
|
| Movie revengers of 1984 |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Tangy candies |
|
|
| 'Revenge of the -- ('84 film)' |
|
|
| Unhip types |
|
|
| Studious stereotypes |
|
|
| Bullies' targets |
|
|
| Jocks' antitheses |
|
|
| Ones unlikely to be voted "most popular" |
|
|
| Pocket protector brigade |
|
|
| Teen outcasts |
|
|
| Unpopular ones |
|
|
| Pocket-protector set? |
|
|
| Certainly not BMOCs |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| Drips |
|
|
| Pocket protector pack |
|
|
| Uncool types |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Obsessed enthusiasts |
|
|
| Extreme enthusiasts |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| School stereotypes |
|
|
| Computer -- |
|
|
| They're hardly hip |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| Totally unhip types |
|
|
| Unhip types |
|
|
| Out crowd members |
|
|
| Obsessed, nonsocial ones |
|
|
| Hardly BMOC's |
|
|
| Nebbishes |
|
|
| Filmic revenge-takers |
|
|
| "Revenge of the ___" |
|
|
| Social outcasts |
|
|
| Social outsiders |
|
|
| Out group |
|
|
| They aren't in |
|
|
| Dorks |
|
|
| They're obsessed |
|
|
| Revenge takers of film |
|
|
| Dweebs |
|
|
| Teased teen-agers |
|
|
| School clique, maybe |
|
|
| The socially lost |
|
|
| Square ones |
|
|
| Types wearing pocket protectors |
|
|
| Oddballs |
|
|
| Social misfits |
|
|
| They're not cool |
|
|
| Hardly hipsters |
|
|
| Jocks' counterparts |
|
|
| Revenge of the ___ |
|
|
| They're not hip |
|
|
| Twerps |
|
|
| Squares |
|
|
| Modern-day drips |
|
|
| Social flops |
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| Stupes |
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| Wimps' cousins |
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| Kin of wimps |
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| Simps |
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| Saps' kin |
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| Revengers in a film |
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| Revenge of the __ |
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| Revengers in a recent film |
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| Wimps |
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| Jerks |
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| Twerps' cousins |
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| Comic-Con habitués |
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| Live action role-playing types |
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