as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded "weenie" label on him
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Recent Examples of weenie
Most grocery stores carry bags of these ready-to-eat cocktail weenies near the bacon and hot dogs.
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
Check out some of the places in the Dallas area that don’t serve a wimpy weenie.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
Ooof, Foster is a pretentious weenie.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
So what is a picky cocktail weenie to do?
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
See All Example Sentences for weenie
Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
Check out some of the places in the Dallas area that don’t serve a wimpy weenie.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
Ooof, Foster is a pretentious weenie.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
So what is a picky cocktail weenie to do?
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
See All Example Sentences for weenie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weenie
Noun
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Art history nerds will want to be sure to stop in for a look at one of Pieter Bruegel’s The Tower of Babel (1568) paintings.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In the wake of voice actor Pamela Hayden's retirement, The Simpsons' beloved blue-haired nerd Milhouse Van Houten will now be played by singer Kelly Macleod, Entertainment Weekly can exclusively reveal.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Owner David Rubenstein needs to get rid of Elias (maybe Cal Ripken Jr. would agree to the job) and get baseball people instead of computer geeks to run the team.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Jon Cherry/Getty Images For years, crypto was viewed by many as a weird and fringe investment, hyped up by a bunch of math geeks and used widely by all kinds of unsavory characters, from drug dealers to hackers.—
Rafael Nam,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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“Weenie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weenie. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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