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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A stupid, inept, or foolish person: "the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks” ( Joshua Mooney).
- n. Vulgar Slang The penis.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. slang. a person who is stupid, socially inept, or ridiculous; -- always used disparagingly.
- n. vulgar slang the penis.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a dull stupid fatuous person
Etymologies
- US 1960s, from 1967 in sense of “silly person”, presumably from earlier use as bowdlerization of dick ("penis") in student slang, particularly Midwest. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps from dork, variant of dirk. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I dont think they use the word dork in 1937, I kidded.”
Simon & Schuster: Pendragon: Book Eight: The Pilgrims of Rayne
“Why, because even his own kind are starting to see what this dork is all about and it isn't good.”
“I like debating bicycles like a big dork is all. biliruben”
“Depending on whether or not the big dork is still limping, and how he looks against the competition.”
the wind it blew before but not like this. it was much easier before.
“Probably not today, the dork is having to much fun catching snowflakes!!”
“I have never seen such a stupid president ... this dork is really dumb.”
“Can't Post | you probably used an american dictionary-you goof-dork is the penis of a whale-smarten up you silly acedemic”
“At the far end of the squad in an area occupied by our to corporals one of them, which we will call the freckled dork, is spouting silly marine non-commisioned officer nonsense.”
“Mr. President, he makes a candy -- I think he named it kind of as a joke -- it's called dork candy, but Henry Cisneros, I'm told, loves it.”
“Kröd (whose name is a reversal of the word dork) is constantly lecturing his group on matters of etiquette and appearance, as if he is on a movie set.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dork’.
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
apartheid, techno-klutz, logorrheic, gordian knot, anodyne, odor of sanctity, finders keepers, foot-in-mouth dis..., dutch uncle, masquerade, smoke signals, furtive glance and 320 more...
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The weird, the wonderful and the plai...
Loved for their ingenuity, an exact description, or simply for the pure joy of it.
acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
also see:
buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 274 more... -
The Nerd
All the names any successful nerd can ever hope to be called.
dweeb, dork, drip, oaf, egghead, geek, twit, goofball, loser, swot, wimp, bonehead and 5 more...
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The Penis Game
Euphemisms for the penis.
See also:
A Testicle by Any Other Name
Ward, I'm worried about the beavermale interfemoral..., penis, dick, cock, prick, willy, percy, peter, one-eyed trouser ..., piece of pork, wife's best friend, dong and 79 more...
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Just not to bright
words describing people or things that just aren't very intelligent
galah, idiot, simpleton, dufus, dummy, stupid, moron, moronic, idiocy, dimwit, special, on the short bus and 10 more...
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dirtie dirtie
words most foul
fuck, cunt, shit, hell, bloody, bloody hell, fuckhead, fucking, ass, asshole, fuck off, what fuck and 33 more...
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WORDNIK - words found in "Wordnik"
kino, din, dink, dirk, do, don, dor, dork, dow, down, drink, drown and 54 more...
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male organ of copulation in mammals: ...
synonyms and euphemisms and metaphors and allusions
dick, dork, boner, dong, whang, tool, peepee, willy, weewee, schlang, organ, skin flute and 11 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
franky's Words
formitastic, human resources, cocktail, gravatar, tequila, twitter, moloko, gmail, beeb, mp3, cover art, thumbnail and 184 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for dork.
bilby Eva, can I stack Rod's sad-ass, dork cats in a cave? Oct 18, 2008
gangerh Don't make a cock-up of it, mollusque. May 9, 2008
bilby Brilliant! I knew mollusque was the chap for the job :-) May 9, 2008
reesetee Mollusque, that's pure poetry. May 8, 2008
chained_bear So was one of my ex-boyfriends.
He didn't have a baculum either.
;) May 8, 2008
mollusque All penises are dorks.
All dorks are not penises.
Whales do not have baculums.
Jonah was a dork. May 8, 2008
chained_bear Well, don't forget about skipvia. And there's a whole list about baculums. (Or is it bacula?)
Hmm... this conversation does lend new meaning to the already-fun term dork out. May 8, 2008
reesetee Poor mollusque, to have come to this: the putative Wordie expert on whale penises. May 8, 2008
bilby Mollusque? May 8, 2008
sarra Not specifically a whale's, I don't think! May 8, 2008
whichbe Name for a whale's penis. May 7, 2008