| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  dôrk |
| NOUN: | 1. Slang A stupid, inept, or foolish person: “the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks” (Joshua Mooney, The Detroit News ( carried via Entertainment News Wire) Friday December 27, 1996). 2. Vulgar Slang The penis. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps from dork, variant of dirk. | | OTHER FORMS: | dork i·ness —NOUN
dorky —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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