tweeb

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Etymology 1

Blend of technology +‎ dweeb.

Noun

tweeb (plural tweebs)

1. (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.

2. (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)

1. (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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