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pork
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)
- (uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
- Synonyms: pigmeat, swineflesh, the other white meat
- (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.
- (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”)
- (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)
- (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)
- pork; pig meat
- 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.
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watermelon
English
Etymology
From the 1610s, a compound of water +? melon.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w??t??m?l?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?t???m?l?n/
Noun
watermelon (countable and uncountable, plural watermelons)
- A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
- The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
- (derogatory, slang) An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarity to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red (Communist) on the inside).
- A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh (also called watermelon pink).
- A project that is presented as on schedule when it actually has parts that are falling behind.
Derived terms
- watermelon radish
Translations
Anagrams
- water lemon
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