jerkdar

noun

jerkdar

noun

Etymology From jerk + -dar.

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Slang The ability to detect whether or not a person is a jerk.

  • Yeah, he's blipped mine, too. But he's beating the hell out of my Dorkdar® and Jerkdar® so much that I can't get an accurate reading from the Gaydar® -- it's such a *sensitive* instrument, you know.2001 December 7, Big J [username], “Re: David Spade dating 6ft. Caprice”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):
  • I'm not a big fan of jerks, so it is good they are so easy to identify and to avoid. Your newfound “jerkdar” could be interpreted as a silver lining.2005, Angela Thompson, Where the Heck Is That Place Called Hope?, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68:
1 more example
  • Knew it all too well from a couple of jerks she'd dated before her jerkdar had kicked in fully at age twenty.2006, Debra Webb, Never Happened, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 90:

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