Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The flesh of a pig or hog used as food.
- n. Government funds, appointments, or benefits dispensed or legislated by politicians to gain favor with their constituents: "However much [the voters] may distrust Congress and dislike pork, the advantages of being represented by an incumbent with seniority are hard to deny” ( Richard Lacayo).
- v. Slang To eat ravenously; gorge oneself. Used with out.
- v. Slang To become fat. Used with out.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A swine; hog; pig; porker.
- n. The flesh of swine, used as meat.
- n. A stupid, obstinate, or ignorant person; a pig-headed fellow.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
- n. US, politics, slang Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
- v. transitive, slang, vulgar To have sex (with someone)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
- n. meat from a domestic hog or pig
Etymologies
- From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman from Old French porc ("swine, hog, pig", also "pork"), from Latin porcus ("domestic hog, pig"), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh ("young pig, hog"). More at farrow. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French porc, pig, from Latin porcus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I will admit 350 billion in pork is alot of cash ...... we'll have to see if these "pet projects", create more stability and jobs in various districts and states.”
“So they cut about 2 billion in pork from the funds to be used to continue warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan lol.”
Think Progress » Senate Votes To Cut Funding For Troops In Iraq and Afghanistan
“Opposition lawmakers had said they won't let the bond bill pass unless Mr. Kan's cabinet first cancels what they call "pork barrel" policies in the budget, such as allowances for families with children.”
“However, when McCain made a big deal of her rejection of the money for the project, which he called a pork-barrel project, Palin came under much criticism by Democrats and even a few Republicans, including Mike Elerding, who helped Palin in her running for governor in 2006.”
“He recently came on this program, right here in THE SITUATION ROOM, and predicted that McCain's campaign is over because McCain voted for that financial rescue plan that was laden with what he described as pork barrel spending.”
“That bailout bill, as you now know, has quite a few extras, what they call pork barrel projects, more than $100 billion worth, including tax breaks for wooden arrows.”
“The conservative commentator say he thinks it's over for McCain because he voted for the bailout legislation even though it included tens of billions of dollars with what they call pork barrel spending after promising he wouldn't do so.”
“A lot of what we call pork spending comes in what Congress calls earmarks -- it's friendlier sounding -- anonymous pet projects that bypass the usual review process.”
“BLITZER: But there's still plenty of what they call pork barrel spending, the earmarks, the pet projects, the hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars that go for certain projects that may not necessarily be all that useful, but a lawmaker wants them, a lobby wants them, and this is a reason why there's a lot of Americans who are losing faith with the Congress.”
“President Bush today used his weekly radio address to slam congressional Democrats for weighing down war funding bills with what he calls pork and a timetable for withdrawal.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pork’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Swine
For more aporkalyptic fun, see madmouth's Everything's better with a pig in it.
For "references to the Dursleys in Wizard People, Dear Reader, Brad Neely's cosmos-shattering voiceover ...swine, pig, hog, boar, pork, pork bellies, hog cholera, swineherd, pigsty, swine flu, oink, pig in a blanket and 188 more...
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Meats: For All the Carnivores out There
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!
Just kidding. Kind of.yak, wood pigeon, wild turkey, wild boar, venison, veal, turtle, turkey, squirrel, squab, snail, rattlesnake and 51 more...
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thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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uglies
ugly words
milk, clack, pronk, phlegm, guffaw, attack, sculpturesque, pork, avuncular
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The Swedish Chef
bork, fork, pork, yom yom yom, flappen-jacken, boom-boom, boome-a-shooten, moofin, beency-bouncy bur..., cakensmooscher, hokey dokey, flip flip flip flip and 5 more...
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list
llama, peaches, kitty, house, lifevest, pocket, lovely, hopeful, peace, trinket, ping pong, boing and 35 more...
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Me and My Life.
Words that describe anything about me and my life
pork, claque, purple zone, yak-shaving, boarder, bogan, poon, spleen, poontang band, dressups, doona run, milo and 3 more...
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Foreignyms
soi-disant, je ne sais quoi, guerrilla, attaché, serviette, aubergine, beef, pork, sayonara, ciao, mot juste, bon mot and 13 more...
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randallgood's Words
carcass, lilt, fancypants, chicken, pickle, llama, pork, horcrux, smarmy, somnambular, doppelganger
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groceries
apples, bananas, green pepper, onion, garlic, green onion, bean sprouts, hamburger, pork, chicken, tomatoes, chicken broth and 34 more...
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Things that Roll, Things One Rolls, o...
alabama, jordan, burrito, wheel, tootsie, onion, kaiser, fat, sushi, california, stones, joint and 47 more...
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foodie list
pan, gourmet, mincing, clam, oyster, geoduck, scallop, meringue, baste, garam masala, rarebit, phyllo and 66 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pork.
chained_bear *runs through, looking around for narwhal, does not see* Aug 27, 2008
dontcry More pictures of food, please! You're having way too much fun -- and where am I?? Jul 29, 2008
Prolagus I'm taking pics of my vacation in Italy (Sardinia and Torino). They're all on Flickr, organized in sets. Sorry but since I'm not good at taking photos, I tend to be more interested in silly details rather than landscapes and people. Hope you'll enjoy them anyway! Jul 29, 2008
reesetee Aw shucks, dontcry. Go spend some time with Mr. dontcry. That's what counts. :-) Jul 29, 2008
dontcry rt & pro -- you guys make my life so interesting! Mr. "dontcry" is breathing down my neck and wants to go to bed (what can I say?). He's a great guy, but just doesn't get some of my stuff. I loves him so, though!
Night, night! Jul 29, 2008
reesetee Pasta? A glass of red? Gee, this porch is swanky!
Pro: What dontcry said. I'm envious. Jul 29, 2008
dontcry Pro - Oh, baby, I wish it was me you met! I haven't been to Italy since 1980. I love and miss it so... my favorite place on planet earth! Jul 29, 2008
Prolagus Pork = contraction of porch hork.
Doncry, are you really in Italy? I think I met you a couple of days ago. Jul 29, 2008
dontcry Yes, and therefore, closer to pleth, making the getting to the breaking out...um...faster?
Maybe we should talk this out over some pasta and a glass of red. Jul 28, 2008
reesetee Dontcry, aren't we still in Italy with Prolagus?
*confused* Jul 28, 2008
dontcry I think we need to break pleth out of this restricted color zoned, underbedless, hork inducing pork-smelling, meateater crucifying, sorry excuse for school. Who's with me? Jul 24, 2008
bilby Research and Development. Jul 24, 2008
plethora In the staffroom, generally, dc.
That's a good idea, bilby! I wonder if there's a pork scented ester.
What's R&D? Jul 24, 2008
bilby Morepork rhymes with pork. Jul 24, 2008
dontcry pleth -- no under the bed? Where do you keep your monsters? Jul 24, 2008
plethora There is no such thing as under our beds, unfortunately. Jul 24, 2008
dontcry Did anyone else notice what rhymes with 'pork?' Jul 24, 2008
bilby Your friend might be onto something, plethora. If there's a market for turkey bacon, perhaps there's also one for imitation pork aroma. Turn it into a science project! Perhaps the swear jar fund would invest in some R & D? Jul 24, 2008
dontcry Have you looked under the bed? It's been my experience, as a mom, that that's a prime source of hork-inducing odors. Jul 23, 2008
plethora Mostly indefinable things, yarb. There was one rather memorable term where it smelled like blocked plumbing. Jul 23, 2008
yarb What else has your friend's room smelled of, plethora? Jul 23, 2008
jennarenn Turkey bacon looks like bacon, but made from kosher meat. It's probably good if you've never had the real deal. Jul 23, 2008
plethora If I'm honest, it's not the first time this particular girl has had a malodorous room, so perhaps I shouldn't be surprised.
I believe turkey bacon is some sort of faux bacon product that is actually made of turkey. There is also a soy bacon product available. Whether or not either product actually tastes like bacon remains to be seen. Jul 23, 2008
yarb Well, I'm unable to determine the source of plethora's friend's room's pork aromas (porkarama?), and I'm also stumped by the concept of turkey bacon. I.e., what is it?
Perhaps the two mysteries are in some way linked. Jul 23, 2008
jennarenn Which point confuses you?
*glad she's not the only one* Jul 23, 2008
yarb In that case I'm stumped.
Turkey bacon? Jul 23, 2008
jennarenn On a side note: I've finally figured out why turkey bacon exists. It is kosher. For years, I thought it was because turkey was healthier than pork. Since bacon is usually fried, I couldn't see why you'd care. I know you're all thinking, "duh jen", but this was one of moments when the world suddenly made sense. Clearly, I need my horizons broadened. Jul 23, 2008
plethora Pies don't often do well when made gluten-free, I've found. The pastry tends to fall apart too easily. Also, I'm not sure pork pies are really worth the effort of seeking out a coeliac bakery. Jul 23, 2008
yarb Then the pork pies are presumably gluten-free. Jul 23, 2008
plethora Unless you're talking about the hat, I doubt that very much. My friend is coeliac. Jul 23, 2008
yarb If not pork, there can only be one explanation: pork pies. Jul 23, 2008
plethora Well, were it not for the fact that the only food in her room is chocolate and that we would probably be crucified if we had meat upstairs, I would've thought so. But it appears logic plays no part in the aroma pervading her bedroom. Jul 23, 2008
bilby Could pork be the phantom culprit? Jul 23, 2008
plethora My friend's room smells like pork. We cannot figure out why. Jul 23, 2008
chained_bear Taken at Yorktown, "900 barrels of beef and pork." A week or two later, the report added an additional "365 barrels pork, (weight) 75,750 lb." Oct 29, 2007