different between pork vs gork

English

Etymology

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *pór?os (“young swine, young pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“young pig, hog”). More at farrow.

Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century.

US politics sense is related to pork barrel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??k/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /po(?)?k/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /po?k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Noun

pork (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.

   Synonyms: pigmeat, swineflesh, the other white meat

2. (US politics, slang, derogatory) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
3. (MLE, slang, collective) law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution

   Synonyms: bacon, pigs, swine; see also Thesaurus:police

   Meronym: porky (“one member of law enforcement, policeman”)

4. (slang) A shag; a fuck; an act of coitus.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

Related terms

• porcine

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (p?ku)

Translations

See also

• bacon
• ham
• pig
• porcupine
• swine

Verb

pork (third-person singular simple present porks, present participle porking, simple past and past participle porked)

1. (transitive, slang, vulgar, usually of a male) To have sex with (someone).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• porc

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?rk/

Noun

pork (plural porks)

1. pork; pig meat
2. swine, pig

Descendants

• English: pork
• Scots: pork, porc, porck

References

• “pork(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

English

Etymology

1970–75; perhaps back-formation from gorked (slang), meaning "anesthetized"; apparently an expressive coinage.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gork (plural gorks)

1. (medicine, slang, offensive) A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
2. (medicine, slang, offensive) A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function.
3. (slang) A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.

Verb

gork (third-person singular simple present gorks, present participle gorking, simple past and past participle gorked)

1. (medicine, slang) To sedate a patient heavily.

Related terms

• gorked

Anagrams

• grok