different between merkin vs morkin

English

Etymology 1

1617, probably a variant form of malkin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??k?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?n

Noun

merkin (plural merkins)

1. A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.
2. A mop for cleaning cannon.
3. (LGBT, slang) The male counterpart of a beard, a companion to a lesbian to feign her straightness.
   • 1996 Jan 10, Colin Wright, "Tori Spelling & Patrick Muldoon on NBC Movie", alt.showbiz.gossip, Usenet

     Well, I seem to recall Tori and Patrick being seen together, and a reference in People comes to mind, with a photo attached. I'm not for sure that Patrick is completely gay, but he's at least bi according to a person I know with first hand experience. Perhaps we have a dual merkin-beard relationship here, eh?

Translations

See also

• codpiece

Etymology 2

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of American.

Alternative forms

• 'merkin, Merkin, 'Merkin; murkin, 'murkin, Murkin, 'Murkin

Noun

merkin (plural merkins)

1. (Britain, slang, derogatory) An American.

Anagrams

• mirken

Finnish

Noun

merkin

1. Genitive singular form of merkki.

Icelandic

Noun

merkin

1. definite nominative plural of merki
2. definite accusative plural of merki

English

Etymology

Probably from mort +? -kin (compare mortling); or from Old French mortekine, a variant of mortecine, from Medieval Latin morticinus. Compare also Swedish murken (“putrefied”), Icelandic morkinn (“putrid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)k?n/

Noun

morkin (plural morkins)

1. (obsolete) An animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
   • c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires

     Could hee^[sic] not sacrifice / Some sorry morkin that unbidden dies, / Or meagre heifer, or some rotten ewe, […]

Anagrams

• romkin