nork
English
Etymology
Unknown, originally used in Australia, attested since the 1960s. One theory suggests that the source is Norco Co-operative, a butter manufacturer that featured a cow's udder on package labels,[1] but this is considered dubious.[2]
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file)
Noun
nork (plural norks)
- (slang, chiefly in plural) A woman's breast.
- 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 91:
- I lay there so close I could've reached out in any direction and just grabbed a nork.
- 1999, Louis Nowra, The twelfth of never:
- Ernie constantly badgered me to get her to talk to him but I suspected she would throttle him if he merely glanced in the direction of her norks.
- 2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the end of the world:
- And her norks! Like a hundred times bigger than his sister's. Why was he thinking about his sister's norks? Gross.
- 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 91:
References
- ^ Jonathon Green (2016) “norks, n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang[1]
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Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
nor (“who”) + -(e)k (ergative suffix)
Pronoun
nork
Usage notes
Both nor and nork are translated as "who", but nork refers to the subject of a transitive verb.
- Nork ikusi du? ― Who saw her?
To ask about the object of a transitive verb or the subject of an intransitive verb, nor is used.
- Nor ikusi du? ― Who did she see.
- Nor etortzen da? ― Who's coming?