dork

See also Dork

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps U.S. student slang as a bowdlerization of dick.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dɔːɹk/
• (UK) IPA: /dɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)k

Noun

dork (plural dorks)

1. (US, 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.
2. (archaic, vulgar, slang) A penis.

Usage notes

Narrowly used to indicate someone inept or out of touch, broadly used to mean simply “silly, foolish”; compare doofus, twit.

Derived terms

• dorkface
• dorkify
• dorkwad

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:penis
• See also Wikisaurus:dork

Translations

quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends

Croatian: kreten (hr) Danish: nørd (da) Dutch: seut (nl) m. and f., sul (nl) m. Esperanto: senĉarmulo (eo), malgraciulo (eo) Finnish: dorka (fi), tollo (fi)

German: Dummkopf m., Schwachkopf m., Trottel m., Depp m., Deppin f. Indonesian: kampungan (id), udik (id) Norwegian: dust (no) m. Russian: дурак (ru) (durák) m.

vulgar, slang: penis

Bulgarian: кур (bg) m., хуй (bg) m. Dutch: lul (nl) m., piemel (nl) m., dees (nl) m. German: Pimmel (de) m., Rute (de) f., Schwanz (de) m.

Hungarian: pénisz (hu) c., (vulgar, slang) fasz (hu) c., farok (hu) c. Latin: mentula (la) f., verpa (la) f. Russian: елда (ru) (jeldá) f.

References

• “dork” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
• wordorigins.org