A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence
A contraction for 'door key' child. The term for a boy or girl who is (or was) left alone for long periods, locking themselves inside with little to do, isolated, possibly poor, learning little, while a single parent (or both parents) work or are away. Origin: probably late 1930s or early 1940s US. Compare with the more neutral sounding term 'latch-key children' popular with media and professionals in the 1980s
disapproval If you say that someone is a dork, you think they dress badly in old-fashioned clothes and behave very awkwardly in social situations. their unshakeable conviction that family holidays were strictly for dorks. = nerd. someone who you think is or looks stupid (Perhaps from DICK)
In AIPS++, a derogatory term used by programming hyper-deities to describe ordinary mortals Possibly related to the Dorking, a strain of mutant chicken with supernumerary toes
A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same intelligence level
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Этимология
[ 'dork ] (noun.) 1967. perhaps alteration of dick.