Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dorko

/dˈɔɹkoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dorko
IPA: /dˈɔɹkoʊ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"Based upon your signature, listed above, I would say that you are more than geeky enough to handle all 5 counties all by your lonesome. Gee maybe they will elect you their leader? What a dorko!!!!!!!"
"LOL... In sum, the Statue of Liberty was entirely paid for by US citizens...other than her LEFT FOOT! The French did pay for that. What a dorko."
"I like the first line of the procedure: "Installation of GoogleEarth^([sic]) on Gentoo is quite easy when you know exactly what to do" EASY? WTF!!! THAT IS EASY? Maybe for a dorko."

Etymology

From dork + -o.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dork

Usage

Inflected Forms

dorkos (plural)

Rhymes With

norco porco fedorko

Questions

How do you pronounce dorko?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɔɹkoʊ/.
What does dorko mean?: A dork.
Where does dorko come from?: From dork + -o.

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