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  • noun US, slang Someone who is feeble-minded; an idiot.

Etymologies

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Short for feeble in feeble-minded.

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Examples

  • I've always liked Dr. Light as a villain, but I think the mostly unintentional way in which turned him into, as you say, a 'feeb' really had some dour consequences for him.

    World's Finest #264 - Sept. 1980 rob! 2008

  • Now nobody has a right to call anybody a feeb that ain't.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

  • You can tell a feeb anywhere by looking at his mouth and teeth.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

  • You see, feebs always have their food ready for them, and that's why it's better to be a feeb than earning your living in the world.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

  • Doctor Wilson was mad as could be, and said I was the worst feeb in the institution, along with Joe and Charley.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

  • Annie Evett is thankful that she is a techno-feeb, unable to drive even a mobile phone successfully.

    Writing Spaces « Write Anything 2009

  • I can hardly type an SMS – let alone think about blogging from a mobile … I am such a techno feeb with SMSing – people are lucky if they get a reply from me saying “ok”.

    Mere Possibilities « Write Anything 2009

  • And I won't care if my wife gets mad and calls me a feeb.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

  • You are completely forgiven Dale … especially as you have made that great little button … now … umm how do I copy and get it to my site?? lets play spot the techno feeb

    #!@*^%&…Apologies « Write Anything 2009

  • Some day, mebbe, I'm going to talk with Doctor Dalrymple and get him to give me a declaration that I ain't a feeb.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

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  • "To make a poor attempt at a shot, usually in reference to a short squop attempt in which the shooting wink falls short of its target." Also George Michael.

    August 27, 2008