AJ Lee

I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person, and I'm kind of dorky, and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that.

American Athlete

Alicia Silverstone

I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog.

Actress

Nicole Scherzinger

In normal life people say, 'You're so different than on stage!' Offstage I'm down to earth, simple and a very goofy girl... I like to make goofy faces, be dorky and not take things too seriously. I just love to laugh.

American Musician

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged me to build my confidence from within and embrace my imperfections.

American Actress

Sophia Bush

People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!

Emma Stone

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.

Lisa McMann

I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky.

American Author

Shannon Purser

I totally am dorky and weird, and that's fine with me.

Shantel VanSanten

I'm, like, super-clumsy and weird and funny and dorky.

Haley Bennett

Using 'dorky' can imply a lack of social skills or popularity.

Social Implication

'Dorky' often carries a gentle negative meaning, but it's not deeply insulting.

Negative Connotation

The word 'dorky' is informal, suitable for conversation but not formal writing.

Informal Use

 exactly like last year's new cars what went wrong between the design studio in the factory see today I don't want to talk about beautiful babies I want to talk about the awkward adolescence of design those dorky teenage years where you're trying to figure out how the world works I'm gonna start with an

Design for people, not...

 solar system is motivated by our search for life beyond Earth there's a little clicker this is a question that has captivated me since I was a young boy a very dorky young boy growing up in a

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 who was the sort of dorky, nerdy character on the show, which made it a very major acting challenge for me as a 13-year-old boy. Now, did you struggle with number four, my blindness?

Dorky

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