noun
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a stupid or incompetent person
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a penis
Pop Culture
— King Dork: A coming-of-age novel by Frank Portman, first published in 2006. —Son of Dork: A pop punk band from the U.K. — Dork Tower: An online comic by John Kovalic.
Other Word Forms
- dorky adjective
Etymology
Origin of dork
First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of dirk ( def. ), influenced by dick ( def. )
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Example Sentences
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Not to sound like a dork, but it was…really nice.
From Literature
Meanwhile, Tess beams with satisfaction that age alone has made Anna a dork and her the cool grandma.
From Los Angeles Times
I had graduated from weird dork to cool kid.
From Salon
“Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess hurls tater tots and two competitive dorks played by Jack Black and Jason Momoa into the cubist, mega-popular video game.
From Los Angeles Times
“The song immediately came to my mind when I read it, and I laughed out loud in my car so loud, like a huge dork, and it was fantastic.”
From Los Angeles Times
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