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dork

[ dawrk ]

noun

  1. Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:

    If you make me wear that, I’ll look like a total dork!

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. Slang: Vulgar. penis.


dork

/ ɔː /

noun

  1. a stupid or incompetent person
  2. a penis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰ, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dork1

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of dirk ( def ), influenced by dick ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dork1

C20: of unknown origin
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“Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess hurls tater tots and two competitive dorks played by Jack Black and Jason Momoa into the cubist, mega-popular video game.

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“The song immediately came to my mind when I read it, and I laughed out loud in my car so loud, like a huge dork, and it was fantastic.”

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“Film is what this city was built on,” added Bryant, “And who built it? A bunch of annoying dorks like us.”

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I worried for a bit that I was becoming a slightly self-involved dork, the sort of person who might, in earnest, Instagram a gratitude list.

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Spanto was guilty of being a dork whenever he hung out with me.

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