pork

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Etymology

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From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (swine, hog, pig; pork), from Latin porcus (domestic hog, pig).

Cognate with Old English fearh (piglet). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken.

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. The verb is from the black American form of poke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pork (countable and uncountable, plural porks)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig.
    Synonyms: pigflesh, pigmeat, swineflesh, swinemeat, the other white meat
    The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
  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)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: ポーク (pōku)

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Verb

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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
    • 1978, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Animal House (motion picture), spoken by Boon (Peter Riegert), Universal Pictures:
      Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!

References

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  1. ^ pork”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French porc, from Latin porcus. Compare farowen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pork (plural porkes)

  1. pork (pig meat)
  2. swine, pig

Descendants

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