Dork Definition: Would You Know a Dork If You Saw One?
Re: Dork definition
In spite of what you're apt to read on any of over 10,000 Web pages, the word "dork" does not mean (and has never meant) "whale penis."
I defy anyone who claims otherwise to show it defined as such in any respectable dictionary or used as such in any novel or reference work about whales or whaling published in the last three hundred years.
Though its precise origins remain somewhat of a mystery, etymologists generally agree that dork — usually defined as a stupid, foolish, or inept person — has only been in common usage since the 1960s, and is most likely a variant of dick, which is, in fact, a slang term for penis, just not specifically that of a whale.
All this is by way of saying that if you ask me, the rightful definition of a dork is the sort of person who would make up something like ... this.
Read more about the definition of dork:
• WordOrigins.org
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• MSN Encarta Dictionary
Comments
Ahhh Ha! I knew that dork had only one real meaning… Very funny explanation by the way. Only a real dork would consider a “dork” to mean whale phallus. I concur!
Better check all your dictionaries again. My sister in law used to call her son a “dork”. So one day he looked it up in the dictionary at school. He came home crying “Mom you’re calling me a whale penis:”
I suppose, Barbara, that he also told you that he looked up “gullible” in the dictionary but it isn’t there — and you believed him about that too.
I’ve got news for you: “Dork” originated in the late 1940’s/early 1950’s in Detroit, Michigan. The actual definition is: a guy who sneaks around sniffing girl’s bicycle seats. (Which proves that bizarre, vulgar and outlandish thinking and behavior did not suddenly spring into being in the 1960’s….)