nerk
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
nerk (plural nerks)
- (slang, derogatory) A stupid or objectionable person.
- 1980, Brian Thompson, Tishoo, a Play, page 21:
- Plants understand more than that. The celery in Barbara's sandwiches has a greater grasp of it than you, you nerk.
- 1987, Punch, volume 293, numbers 7662-7669, page 30:
- The real Socialists lost that election. They lose council elections too. They always lose elections, which, in view of the kind of nerks who often do get elected, is a shame.
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Etymology[edit]
Contaminations from original prejotated forms jerk, jerch with *nerstъ.
Noun[edit]
nerk m inan
Further reading[edit]
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “nerk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “nerk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- Zubatý, Josef (1894), “Slavische Etymologien”, in Archiv für slavische Philologie (in German), volume 16, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, pages 401–403