porkish
adjCA, US /ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/
Etymology From pork + -ish.
1
Resembling or characteristic of pork.
2
Colloquial Plump.
3
Informal Selfish.
4
Government, Politics US, Informal Relating to pork barrel funding.
- Congressional leaders are frank about using their clout for porkish purposes, and DeLay is no exception.2002, Newsweek, volume 40:
- Derived terms
- porkishness, porkishly