berk
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of berk
C20: shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt rhyming slang for cunt
Example Sentences
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Reform UK's Gawain Towler, a long-time media adviser to Nigel Farage, says: " My big takeaway is: don't be a berk on social media, which I think was Zack Polanski's big takeaway too."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"I will spread this story that berk bought 28MM of shares," Passos allegedly texted a colleague.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023
Only a lumbering berk like him would suggest holding it in the country’s most comically out of touch room.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2019
Hawkey says he felt like a bit of a "berk" as he began to describe his artistic concept to the miners.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2014
Gul sad berk, the Rose of a hundred leaves.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
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