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English
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Etymology 1
Blend of technology + dweeb.
Noun
tweeb (plural tweebs)
- (slang) A person who constantly uses technology, e.g. cell phone or tablet.
1987, Bitch - Issue 15: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.
2000, Michael Piedmonte, Split Land of Liberty, →ISBN, page 56:Same couple tweebs slurping their coffees.
2016, M. Evren Tok, Lolwah R. M. Alkhater, Leslie A. Pal, Policy-Making in a Transformative State: The Case of Qatar, →ISBN, page 109:Faisal Al-Marzougi, a regular columnist and a famous tweeb on Twitter, is yet another example.
- (slang) A person who does technical work, especially one who is annoying or socially awkward.
2004, Mack Maloney, Superhawks: Strike Force Alpha, →ISBN:He took suggestions from his tired band of tweebs.
2009, Kenneth M. Haines, The Lion, the Leopard, and the Bear, →ISBN, page 31:There had been a long running dislike between Rankin and Grabinsky; neither cut the other any slack. "Listen you little tweeb, I don't care if he's in the shower -- in bed with his wife -- or taking a crap; put me through to the President NOW!!
2013, Robert J. Lacosta, Gamaliel's Advice: Taking Down God, →ISBN, page 60:But we've spent a fortune on lawyers instead of aviation school and wherever this little tweeb is going.
Etymology 2
From Moroccan Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb, “doctor, physician”).
Noun
tweeb (plural tweebs)
- (Morocco, obsolete) A physician.
1810, John Buffa, Stockdale, & Blessington -, Travels Through the Empire of Morocco, page 38: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?
1811, Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines:It was natural that a medical man should examine the state of the art of healing, among the tweebs of Morocco; it is despicable enough: so is that of literature in general.
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