noun / verb
dork
DORK/dɔːrk/
A socially awkward or uncool person, or behaving like one.
She feels like a dork when her high-five meets an offered handshake.
Etymology
The insult may come from an earlier slang term for “penis,” itself probably an alteration of dick. The person sense was recorded in U.S. student slang meaning “stupid person.”
In context
oh this little dork I forgot about this idiot God damn it
More examples
- She felt like a dork after waving at the wrong person.
- The friends dorked around with their homemade costumes.
- He affectionately called himself a science dork.
Forms
dork · dorks · dorked · dorking
dorky adjective — awkward or uncool