berk
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of berk
C20: shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt rhyming slang for cunt
Example Sentences
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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
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
Hawkey says he felt like a bit of a "berk" as he began to describe his artistic concept to the miners.
From BBC
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