jerkoff

See also: jerk off and jerk-off

English

Etymology

From the verb jerk off (“masturbate”).

Noun

jerkoff (plural jerkoffs)

1. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) Someone who behaves obnoxiously, rudely, inappropriately, or is ignorant of certain social norms, usually a male.
   • 1998, Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, The Wedding Singer, written by Tim Herlihy:

     I think she's a very nice girl, but she's marrying that jerkoff.

   • 1992, Eric Lee, Saigon to Jerusalem: conversations with U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who ..., page 25:

     All New Yorkers have this feeling that anyone who's not from New York is a jerk-off. And I couldn't believe that someone had the balls to shoot at me.

2. (idiomatic, vulgar, rare) Someone who masturbates, usually a male.
   • 1935, Lawson Gentry Lowrey, “Proceedings of the 8th- annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association”, in American journal of orthopsychiatry, Volume 5‎ - Page 279, volume 5, page 279:

     Slob or Slop for a dirty child, Beans for a child who breaks wind, Jerk-off for a child who masturbates.

Translations

rude, mean, nasty, ignorant, obnoxious person

• Romanian: labagiu (ro) m, lăbar m

vulgar: one who masturbates

• Romanian: labagiu (ro) m, lăbar m