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'''Dork''' is a term used to describe someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks. |
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The term implies stupidity perhaps less often than it formerly did, and paradoxically can imply an unadmirable (bookish, academic) intelligence, much as "nerd" and "geek" do. |
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==Etymology== |
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It is popularly asserted that the term originated as whalers' occupational slang for the penis of a whale ([[oosik]]), and by transfer became an anatomical insult, undergoing subsequent [[generalization]] and [[amelioration]] to its present meaning. The current state of evidence suggests that this is a case of [[folk etymology]]<ref>http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/006133.htm</ref>, as no solid documentation has been advanced for the use of the term in this context. One of the earliest documented uses of the word "dork" is a 1961 publication (referencing 1953), in which the meaning is clearly penis, but with no particular reference to whales<ref>http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/dork/</ref>. Instead, the term may be merely a [[minced oath]] variant of "dick", a vulgar term for a human penis. In its current most common usage, however, the phallic association is ignored and the term is not considered particularly vulgar. |
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The adjectival form of dork is ''dorky'', a word that was mainstream enough by 1971 to appear in a ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip.[http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/meet_the_gang/meet_peppermint_patty.html] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Geek]] |
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*[[Oosik]] |
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==Other uses== |
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"Dork" is a common slang personal name for one of the main figures in the [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] software [[Poser]]. |
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It is also a Dutch surname. Ellis Island records indicate people registering as early as 1907 with Dork as their last name.<ref>http://ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=DORK&PLNM=DORK&first_kind=1&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1</ref> |
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Dork has also been rumored to be a proper reference to the penile organ of the whale species. <ref>http://nasa.org/marinebiologydepartment/recognizedorganisms/whaliasmamelitis</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Slang]] |
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[[Category:Stereotypes]] |
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[[Category:Stock characters]] |
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[[Category:Pejorative terms for people]] |
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Revision as of 19:59, 9 December 2007
Dork healink titleds like youor a Penis yummm[[Media:peeeeenissss
</gallery>]]A dork also means a whales penis. Or a man's Penis, And if kids like you are looking @ this you are very bad and discusting. I hate you!!!!
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