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Etymology

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dweeb +‎ -ette

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Noun

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dweebette (plural dweebettes)

  1. (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 []