berk

/ bɜːk /

noun

1. slang,  a stupid person; fool

Word History and Origins

Origin of berk¹

C20: shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt rhyming slang for cunt

Example Sentences

Only a lumbering berk like him would suggest holding it in the country’s most comically out of touch room.

From The Guardian

We learned the tragic story of how The Hound got his facial scars – and why he is, ergo, a bit of a berk to everybody – all the way back in season one.

From The Guardian

On one side are “berks”, careless and coarse, who would destroy the language by polluting it.

From Economist

A tantalising offer of a “key to your future” saw the introduction of a new group: the peripatetic Georgie, Hilda and some little berk called Midge.

From The Guardian

Last season it was Liverpool, now it’s Manchester United showing that they’re not too haughty to try winning this trophy, while the likes of Southampton and West Ham use it to make berks of themselves.

From The Guardian