wall hugger

Noun. A person who is socially awkward and not outgoing.

Stems from people who go swimming but just hang on the edge because they are too scared to actually swim.

Also comes from the popular 80s movie Sixteen Candles, at the school dance there a bunch of freshman nerds who just lean against the wall and scope out chicks but just hug the wall the whole time

EXAMPLE 1
"Check out those wall huggers over there."
"Ha, such nerds."

EXAMPLE 2
"How was the club last night."
"Shit man it sucked, just a bunch of wall huggers and sluts."

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