dork
A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with…A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.)
» Tom and Mary are such dorks.
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2 senses(derogatory, slang)A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.)
Trottel, Depp, Idiot
(slang, vulgar)The penis.
Pimmel, Rute, Schwanz
хуйxuj, херxer, елда́jeldá
- a dull stupid fatuous person
Examples
17 sentencesTom and Mary are such dorks.
What a dork you are!
What a dork I was!
I don't want to look like a dork.
This is a total dork-fest nerd bar.
Translations
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Origin
First use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlFirst use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlier use as a bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly the Midwest. Despite a common misconception, it has never referred specifically to a whale's penis, but penises in general. Alternative etymology derives from dialectal Norwegian dorg (“a mass; heap; a heavy, dimwitted, slovenly person”).
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Forms
plural: dorksSynonyms
6 synonyms- a dull stupid fatuous person:jerk