nerk

English

Noun

nerk (plural nerks)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A stupid or objectionable person.
    • 1980, Brian Thompson, Tishoo, a Play, page 21:
      Plants understand more than that. The celery in Barbara's sandwiches has a greater grasp of it than you, you nerk.
    • 1987, Punch, volume 293, numbers 7662-7669, page 30:
      The real Socialists lost that election. They lose council elections too. They always lose elections, which, in view of the kind of nerks who often do get elected, is a shame.

Translations

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • ńerk, ńerch, nerch, njerk

Noun

nerk m

  1. roe

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), nerk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), nerk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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