dork
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
US 1960s, from 1967 in sense of “silly person”, presumably from earlier use as bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly Midwest.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dork (plural dorks)
- (obsolete, vulgar, slang) A penis. [from the 20th c.]
- (pejorative, slang) A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence. [from the 20th c.]
Usage notes[edit]
Narrowly used to indicate someone inept or out of touch, broadly used to mean simply “silly, foolish”; compare doofus, twit.
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:penis
- See also Wikisaurus:dork
Translations[edit]
quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends
vulgar, slang: penis
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “dork”, Wordorigins.org, Dave Wilton, Sunday, June 11, 2006.
- ^ “dork” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- ^ Lawrence Poston, “Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang,” American Speech 39, no. 2 (May 1964) (JSTOR 453113): p. 118.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical Dictionary of American Slang, v. 1, A-G, edited by Jonathan Lighter (New York: Random House, 1994), p. 638.
