dork
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Instead, she effectively told voters that the past four years of disasters, inefficiencies and ineptitude are still a better option than taking a chance on the City Hall equivalent of the classroom dork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
It was pulled two years later because of “high cost, privacy concerns, and public confusion about its purpose” — a polite rewording of “I look like a dork and everyone thinks I’m awful.”
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
If I looked like a dork, at least I could zoom quickly past the judgment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Meanwhile, Tess beams with satisfaction that age alone has made Anna a dork and her the cool grandma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
“Well,” I say, “maybe because I’m a dork and a nerd...”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
They’re practically statesmen compared with the dorks of yore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
We’re still shocked by the spin that Bessent and these other dorks have been issuing since the “pause” to claim that everything is going according to plan.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025
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
Now, Colin had seen enough movies to know what happens when dorks go to cool-kid parties: generally, the dorks either get thrown into the pool or they become drunk, vacuous cool kids themselves.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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