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berk

British

/ bɜːk /

noun

slang a stupid person; fool

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of berk

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

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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

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

While Nicholson, the berk, has always relished the Postman gossip, Sutherland has staunchly denied the rumours and defended Christie.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2011

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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