Dork

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1960s (originally US): perhaps a variant of dirk, influenced by dick1.


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US 1960s, sense of "silly person" presumably from earlier use as bowdlerization of dick(“penis”) in student slang, particularly Midwest. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Alternative etymology derives from dialectal Norwegian dorg(“a mass; heap; a heavy, dimwitted, slovenly person”).

Uncertain; apparently from Scots. See dirk.


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dork (n.)

"stupid person," 1967, originally U.S. student slang, perhaps from earlier meaning "penis" (1964), itself probably an alteration of dick (n.). Related: Dorky; dorkiness.