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English - Etymology

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to _feeb_. The 1980s backronym _Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor_ derives from apparent social and attitudinal differences between West Coast and East Coast US, and describes a stereotypical Ivy-league graduate from Harvard, Yale, etc.

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.

The 1980s backronym Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor derives from apparent social and attitudinal differences between West Coast and East Coast US, and describes a stereotypical Ivy-league graduate from Harvard, Yale, etc.