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Meaning of Dork | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
dɔːk

Definitions

  1. 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.)
  2. The penis.

Equivalents

العربية الأحمق
Български кур хуй
Català beneit carrincló
Čeština trapák
Dansk nørd
Deutsch Depp Idiot Pimmel Rute Schwanz Trottel
Suomi dorka
Magyar farok fasz pénisz
Bahasa Indonesia udik udik
Italiano coglione
Kurdî lûl pênîs şik sik
Latina mentula verpa
Македонски глупак кур токмак
Nederlands dees lul piemel
Português cromo
Русский елда хер хуй
Svenska nacas tönt
Türkçe penis sik

Examples

“I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.”
“I didn’t have any clothes and I had short hair and looked like a dork. Girls wouldn’t go out with me.”
“As a matter of fact, this slob was full of information today. He told me why we Jews have different dorks.”
“"You’re dead, Trashmouth," Vince “Boogers” Taliendo told him, pulling his jock up over a dork roughly the size and shape of an anemic peanut.”
“"There's that dork whose wife cut off his dork." And when people ask him for an autograph he writes, "Best of luck to Betsy. Signed, the guy whose wife cut off his penis."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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