different between dweeb vs neckbeard

English

Etymology

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwi?b/
• Rhymes: -i?b

Noun

dweeb (plural dweebs)

1. (US, originally college slang, now general slang, derogatory) A boring, studious, or socially inept person. [From 1968.]
   • 2005, Edmund White, My Women

     No way, man, the biggest dweeb of them all with . . . Marilyn!

   • 1996, Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe (writers), Spice Girls, If U Can't Dance

     There never is a Keanu but a dweeb looking at me.

   • 1994, Dexter Holland (writer), The Offspring, Self Esteem

     I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dork
• Sometimes used alongside nerd and geek; however, dweeb does not carry the same connotations of intelligence.

Derived terms

• dweebery
• dweebness
• dweeby

References

Anagrams

• bedew, bewed

English

Etymology

neck +? beard

Pronunciation

Noun

neckbeard (plural neckbeards)

1. A style of facial hair wherein the beard is allowed to grow down the chin and is trimmed to an even length over the entirety of the face.
2. (slang) A self-important, socially inept nerd.
   • 2011, Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap Beginner's Guide

     Many front-end web developers may not have implemented a web service before, leaving that boring stuff to the neckbeards and the sysadmins.

Derived terms

• neckbearded

References

• neckbeard at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• brackened