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dork

[dawrk] / dɔrk /










NOUN
nerd
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If I looked like a dork, at least I could zoom quickly past the judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

He doesn’t seem to be acting like a dork for the sake of views, or to trick us into believing his falsities.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2024

Spanto was guilty of being a dork whenever he hung out with me.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2024

Jeff is so wonderfully characterized as a huge dork.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2023

“No, man, I’ll tell you what got me here. That little dork Roy Eberhardt is what got me here.”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

“There’s plenty to enjoy just with ‘Oh, who are these four dorks in these extreme circumstances?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

They’re practically statesmen compared with the dorks of yore.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

In the eyes of a computer, we're all just dorks.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2022

At bottom, though, Rogen’s movies are sweet, fumbling love stories about sweet, fumbling dorks, and this has helped them age well.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2021

“Fightings never the answer; hasn’t anyone ever told you dorks that?”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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