dork
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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
I had graduated from weird dork to cool kid.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
But worst of all, maybe, would be that I’d look like an irredeemable dork.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024
It’s best to leave that twist unspoiled, except to say that it does complicate any initial impression the audience may have of Susie as an adorable dork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
“I remember thinking that. You were dork chic before dork chic was chic.”
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
They’re practically statesmen compared with the dorks of yore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
And I know that there are dorks out there with their YouTube channels going: Why does it have to rain?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
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
