Definitions
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old English orf ("cattle, livestock"), akin to Old English ierfe ("inheritance, livestock, cattle"). More at erf. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Fern duz Jump onna belly..jump orf teh belly..wait…Jump..orf..”
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““Carn’t yer see you’ve bloomin’ well rubbed all the gent’s skin orf?””
“E's been called orf to see a lady who couldn't wait.”
“Thin he began sootherin 'her, an' all the orf'cers an 'orf'cers' ladies left, an 'they put out the lights.”
“Wan day, bein' mortial idle, or they wud never ha 'thried ut, the rig'mint gave amshure theatricals -- orf'cers an' orf'cers 'ladies.”
“Welcome to the world of a national obsession and a place where people say 'orf' instead of 'off'.”
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“If the populace now see that as PM he is "'orf' is 'ead" will they perchance put two and two togther and work out that he was just as mad as Chancellor and realise that his policies then were just as ludicrous the current ones?”
“Hayts orf t'erny-waan hundure-sterd awurrd Jayff Breedgis sayd.”
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“I do hope they were told orf for not wearing their hats like we get even when walking across the car park to the patrol cars. on January 14, 2010 at 6: 20 pm inspectorgadget”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘orf’.
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phrontistery - o
from phrontistery.info
oakum, oakus, oast, obambulate, obdormition, obduracy, obedible, obedientiary, obeism, obeliscolychny, obelize, obelus and 504 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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sick animals
rain rot, mud fever, white dog shaker ..., blue eye disease, berserk llama syn..., berserk male synd..., puppy strangles, blackhead disease, wry nose, Impressive syndrome, whirling disease, bag of worms and 87 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Occupational hazards
A complement to the "Defunct professions" list.
hatter's shakes, woolsorter's disease, goldsmelter's cat..., dustman's shoulder, painter's colic, lighterman's bottom, chimney sweep's c..., phossy-jaw, dialpainter's dis..., caisson disease, x-ray dermatitis, karoshi and 36 more...
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Ovine affairs
clambake, flamboyant, zalambdodont, bramble, marjoram, lambada, lambrequin, clamber, epigram, lambda calculus, zwartbles, pelibüey and 83 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for orf.
hernesheir Also scabby mouth or contagious ecthyma, a disease of sheep that mostly affects yearling lambs. Feb 18, 2010
super-charolastra It's also the state TV broadcaster in Austria. Never knew this was an English word, so that's kind of hilarious... Feb 27, 2009
sionnach
Jul 24, 2008
contagious pustular dermatosis - caused by a pox virus, this is a zoonosis caught from sheep - an occupational hazard for farmers and veterinarians. It is self-limiting but unpleasant and painful.
chained_bear Also the abbreviation for the Norfolk, VA airport. (Just thought I'd throw that out there.) Oct 16, 2007
sionnach viral infection of sheep Oct 16, 2007