Meaning of dorktastic | Babel Free

Definitions

Fantastic in a dorky manner.

informal

Examples

“Using what he calls “time-lapse phonography” to reduce⟳ an entire track down to its average frequency, [R. Luke] DuBois allows each of the 857 tunes one second of glory for every week it was No. 1 (Barry White only has time for a quickie, “Macarena” hovers for a terrifying 14 seconds). However dorktastic, the project reveals trends in timbre and taste⟳.”

“He was wearing some really dorktastic plaid shorts and a T-shirt that said “Kiss Me, I’m Irish.””

“EA [Electronic Arts] and Origin [Systems] publicly unveiled UO2 [Ultima Online 2] in September 1999, bullet-pointing a sexy 3D engine, a fantasy-meets-steampunk setting, a reduced PVP focus⟳, and dorktastic creature designs by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.”

“Cobble Hill’s “first hipster bar” sports a “funky living room-ish setting” with “interesting” artwork on the walls and a “low-key” vibe in the air; a “cool” back garden and occasional “dorktastic trivia” contests lead⟳ loyalists to label⟳ it “one of the best on Atlantic” Avenue.”

“You “even” loved the Tech Report⟳? Anyone who’d stare⟳ at the most beautiful women in the world before ogling 10 gear-packed pages of dorktastic tech clearly has his priorities all wrong…weirdo!”

“Girl Scouts, marching band – I cannot tell⟳ you how many hours I’d spent in some dorktastic costume.”

“Quickly, she checked her dorktastic enthusiasm, pursing her lips like⟳ the poor man’s Posh.”

““[…] Hey, if I make⟳ it to the finals this spring⟳, you can come⟳ with me.” “Dorktastic!””

“Del, you made my day! he wrote. Believe⟳ it or not, I love⟳ Tupperware. / Oh, I believe⟳ it, I thought. One thing was for sure. Nicholas was still a totally dorktastic know-it-all.”

“Harrison Bradlow is an avid zombie aficionado, as well as fan of most things dorktastic.”

“Miami-based anonym ANR (they seem to have⟳ chickened out on dorktastic original moniker Awesome New Republic) is a duo that specializes in cheerily melodic, eclectivore sunshine-synth-psych-pop roughly in the MGMT/Of Montreal mold, with the usual grab⟳ bag of touchstones that suggests (paisley Prince, brother-era Beach Boys, appropriated Afro-pop) a vague environmentalist streak.”

“THE MOST DORKTASTIC BLOG ENTRY IN THE HISTORY OF BLOGGING, YO!!!”

“I PUT⟳ ON my clear, dorktastic goggles automatically while Dylan fetched the dissecting tray.”

“Smiling, Talia kissed him. “I love⟳ you, band geek!” / “I love⟳ you, too, hot cheerleader!” Walden said. Sobering, he added, “Then you’re not disappointed in my dorktastic past?” / “Are you kidding? I love⟳ it. Being musical is cool,” Talia assured him.”

“But geek chic is more than just a personal style statement. Professorial, downright dorktastic African-American NBA [National Basketball Association] stars are defying the expectation that they wear⟳ an intimidating hood facade, which is changing how we view⟳ black athletes—and how they view⟳ themselves.”

““The idea was to take⟳ a space that no one really saw⟳ and make⟳ it beautiful. Get⟳ people to appreciate what nature has to offer⟳, get⟳ them away from their phones and computers and take⟳ a breath and listen⟳ to the birds and the water and just…be.” / “Is that what all your projects are supposed to do?” / She shrugged. “I guess⟳ so. Yes.” Now that she’d said it out loud, it sounded a little dorky. Dorktastic, maybe. Hopefully.”

““Dude, you totally need⟳ to join⟳ the chess team. Watching you slaughter Graham in a public forum would be freakin’ awesome.” / “Graham’s on the chess team?” / Miles leaned back in his chair and kicked his feet up onto the desk. “Is it a dorktastic activity? Graham’s the club president.””

“He was full of dorktastic style, and weirdly enough, he’d become⟳ one of Chase’s closest friends since his Tale last⟳ spring⟳.”

“In the waiting room, I saw⟳ you: front page of the Jasper Weekly in a dorktastic white shirt, black ribbon tie.”

““Terrible things happen⟳. But I love⟳ to read⟳ cheering letters from women to suffragette prisoners during hunger strikes to get⟳ out the female vote⟳ or subversive lesbian identities in the nineteenth century, or the way native people turned their struggles into hymns of struggle⟳ that slipped under the radar from the masters in the plantation houses.” I realize⟳ that I’m talking so fast I’m barely breathing. “Sorry.” I raise⟳ my cup in a rueful toast. “I get⟳ carried away. Dorktastic, I know⟳.””

“She preferred the restrained head-nodding of music-loving crowds drinking in live⟳ bands arrayed on a stage⟳, and if she had to dance⟳ at all, the practiced steps of ballroom, while admittedly dorktastic, were more her sort⟳ of thing: civilized, recognizable moves requiring at least some basic skill.”

“That last⟳ one struck Natalie—did she really used to be that little girl with the dorktastic pigtails, feet barely able to touch⟳ the floor, waiting for Grampie to fix⟳ her a milkshake?”

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