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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang A stupid, inept, or foolish person: "the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks” ( Joshua Mooney).
  2. n. Vulgar Slang The penis.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.
  2. n. A penis.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a person who is stupid, socially inept, or ridiculous; -- always used disparagingly.
  2. n. the penis.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a dull stupid fatuous person

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps from dork, variant of dirk.

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  • 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

‘dork’ has been looked up 2027 times, loved by 1 person, added to 33 lists, commented on 11 times, and has a Scrabble score of 9.