Tweeb
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A person who constantly uses technology, e.g. cell phone or tablet. slang
"Victoria Balfour's recent "Rock Wives", for instance; Bebe, irritated by it, says it falsely depicts her as a tweeb living in seclusion moaning over lost loves."
- 2 A physician. Morocco, obsolete
"I confessed the weight of the encouragement and threats which he held out; and inquiring whether he meant to insinuate, that if the Governor died I should suffer death? and whether they always punished their tweebs thus when they dispatched any of their patients to the other world?"
- 3 A person who does technical work, especially one who is annoying or socially awkward. slang
"He took suggestions from his tired band of tweebs."
Example
More examples"Victoria Balfour's recent "Rock Wives", for instance; Bebe, irritated by it, says it falsely depicts her as a tweeb living in seclusion moaning over lost loves."
Etymology
Blend of technology + dweeb.
From Moroccan Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb, “doctor, physician”).
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