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- adjective
dorky
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Examples
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“I thought the hat was kind of dorkish,” Arrow replies.
Justice League Of America #7 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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On the face of it, Vladimir Putin, the macho fixer, and Dmitry Medvedev, the dorkish lawyer, are polar opposites.
Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev: So which of the old allies is truly in charge? | Tom Parfitt 2011
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A SARCASTIC AND IRONIC but still highly dorkish and a bit himbo'ish twist.
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I feel hideously dorkish doing this, but the historian in me is crying out.
The Myth of Lady Jane elena maria vidal 2009
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With Giamatti I think Bingham would be a bit more bumbling and dorkish.
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I have such dorkish admiration for you I was just SO DAMN EXCITED to finally meet you.
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Another one is 'bamboozle' which I always picture as a dorkish bumbling dimwit, but a lovable one.
Archive 2005-10-01 Minzo 2005
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Then I had to fill out my profile in such a way as to be quirky and unique and cool yet not weird and off-putting and dorkish.
purplecigar Diary Entry purplecigar 2005
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Another one is 'bamboozle' which I always picture as a dorkish bumbling dimwit, but a lovable one.
the cult of the universal lightness of being Minzo 2005
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Should I get the chance I was denied in high school due to participation in different events in a certain Latin competition I might as well not mention so as to seal my dorkish fate,
bard Diary Entry bard 2004
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