basement dweller

English

Noun

basement dweller (plural basement dwellers)

  1. (informal, derogatory) A nerd or geek; a person lacking a social life.
    • 2014, Nicole R. Matthews, Permission!, page 44:
      Who Do You Hang With — Basement Dwellers or Penthouse Cheerleaders? It's important to take regular inventory of the people you are surrounding yourself with on a fairly consistent basis.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see basement,‎ dweller.
    • 2009, Mary Stuever, The Forester's Log: Musings from the Woods:
      Over the years, I had shared the square feet of this office space with other basement dwellers, mostly squirrels and rabbits, and unfortunately a few skunks.
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