Dorkwear

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clothing befitting a dork. colloquial, uncountable

    "I was expecting her to be in a frilly ball gown for reals cos when we were friends in Year 9 her Mum used to buy her all this total dorkwear. But she looked sort of nice and non-dorky and everything."

Example

More examples

"I was expecting her to be in a frilly ball gown for reals cos when we were friends in Year 9 her Mum used to buy her all this total dorkwear. But she looked sort of nice and non-dorky and everything."

Etymology

From dork + -wear.

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