berk
nounUS /bɝk/ · UK /bɜː(ɹ)k/
Etymology Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt.
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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
- However, it appears as if the berk who built the box ran out of wood and has left the end wall off.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 119:
- His chat-up techniques have to be read to be imagined—they make the crudest of Loaded-style berks seem classy—and he earns far, far too much money.2003 July 12, Nicholas Lezard, “Ad execs quoting Gramsci? Only in France”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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- I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911? You mean 999... I mean 999! That's the American one! Yeah! You berk.2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 2:
- Synonyms
- fool and idiot
- Related terms
- Belvoir