"Dork" is something like "geek" and "nerd," but "dork" doesn't have the brainy connotation of the other two. "Dorks" are considered socially awkward, uncool and often physically inept--but not necessarily supersmart.Legend has it that "dork" appeared in the slang of American teens in the early 1960s. Originally it meant penis--a combination of the word "dick" and "dirk" (slang for a small knife). A decade later, "dork" had come to mean a clumsy, foolish person and it's used in this sense most often today.
"Dork" is a playful word--and so is "dorky." Clothes, names, parents, younger siblings or even friends can be dorky. Single-minded but harmless devotion can make you a dork; "band dorks," for example, spend all their time practicing and hanging out with other musicians.
There's plenty of dork pride to be found on the web these days. Just take a look at a site like Dork.com. There is a dorky comic book publisher (Dork Storm Press) and even a tongue-in-cheek quiz to determine your dorkiness.
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Posted by: JENNIFER | October 26, 2009 at 06:22 PM
Your're a dork if 1: you'd actually ride a merry go round at the fair 2:you collect more things than just stamps 3:you've seen star warz 1,000,000 times and: you like childrens cartoons and you are a teen. see how labels are just silly!
Posted by: Mariah was here | May 27, 2009 at 02:47 PM
being a dork is the only thing that makes me feel like having a lable is a good thing
Posted by: jess | January 28, 2009 at 01:20 PM
i love being called a dork it makes me feal smart i call my boy friend a dork b cuz he is crazy as idk what and i love him so he no's its in a good way lol at least if a person calls you a dork you know someone is paying attion to you lol
Posted by: xxxnooneno'sxxx | December 30, 2008 at 04:06 AM
everyone just uses dork as a cute affectionate term now..
like kinda making fun of someone. but making it sound cute to be a dork.
its a bad word for someone to be called.
i like it. lol.
Posted by: Julia | November 22, 2008 at 04:47 PM
Hehe. My boyfriend call me a dork, out of affection. :P <3
Posted by: Haley | October 02, 2008 at 09:43 PM
DORK PRIDE
tho i prefer goofy goober ^ ^
Posted by: G | September 07, 2008 at 01:49 PM
My Chorus teacher refered to her self as a dork today.
Posted by: Mariah | August 25, 2008 at 04:50 PM
a dork is a whales penis !!!1
Posted by: beezyx. | August 23, 2008 at 11:57 PM
the supposedly ''band dorks'' in my school acted like they were the shit
Posted by: patty | August 18, 2008 at 12:27 PM
I am a dork. With the social ladder at school, the only way to climb out is to join a sports team. I hate sports, so I will bask in my dorkiness. I am damn proud to me a dork, and will remain one no matter how hard I have to fight.
Posted by: Shelby | August 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM
im such an effing dork.
mostly all my friends are. :P
Posted by: gerardine | August 10, 2008 at 09:54 PM
dork....ppl jus dont know me enough 2 call me dat. if u did kno me, i am not a dork. i am an actress who paints nd draws nd dusent mind gays and im sumone who would cry over a bad grade or sum stranger who's in truble.i cry a lot. i am not a dork, yu would kno if yu knew me. dork. geek. they're all da same. they're just from sum spoiled,nosy, greedy, and selfish person who wants 2 b n spotlight all da time. dats a spoiled brat. i am not that either. i am taylor marie marsh, nice to meet you
Posted by: Taylor | June 01, 2008 at 06:47 PM
alrite.
RONNIE, yeah just so u no i don't like you. dork is a simple word and the uncool part is y ppl r classified as Dork or dorkish. so y be nasty and say "oh enjoy being called a whale penis" cuz u no wat... NO ONE WAS TALKING TO U!!!!!
Posted by: Lacey | May 21, 2008 at 11:50 AM
A dork is a whale's penis. A dude is a camel's penis. Go ahead and be proud of being a whale's or camel's penis. People in the know will probably be too polite to roll on the floor laughing at you.
Posted by: Ronnie | May 20, 2008 at 08:41 AM
I have dorky days.
You know what, being called a dork, now for me its a compliment.
Posted by: Heather | April 11, 2008 at 07:30 PM
Sorry I ♥ being dorky!!!!!!!
Posted by: lalalala | February 25, 2008 at 07:47 PM
I &HEARTS; being dorky!!!!!!!!
Posted by: lalalala | February 25, 2008 at 07:45 PM
wayne brady is a dork he lost his coolness when he got cancelled
Posted by: waynebradyhater | February 23, 2008 at 01:33 AM
I AM A DORK AND I AM PROUD!
lol
Posted by: kelly | February 10, 2008 at 09:39 PM
Nowadays, like Prinny Minnie (hurr. :B) said, everyone calls themselves dorks. I used to, but I only did because I liked videogames, star wars, MMO's, and was supersmart. But when everyone started it, I jumped off the bandwagon, said 'good riddance!' and started a trend...being a 'n3rd'.
Posted by: Ari-chan | January 26, 2008 at 09:33 PM
personally...dorks are cool. It dosen't mean you wear star warz t shirts all the time or wear strange clothing that are tacky or...out-of-"era"!!!!!!!! I embrase my inner dork and freak,'cuz I am original!
Posted by: Mariah | January 20, 2008 at 05:32 PM
omg, I am such a dork. Like it's unbeliavable. And smart I am not. :-P yea... I don't deny it. At mi skool dorks aren't like, 'cool' but ppl know how dorky I am, but even the so-called 'cool' ppl are friends with me... such a weird person I am. But dorks are cooler than nerds and geeks (geek is de worst) so yea. Geeks don't have that many friends cause the ones at mi skool are pains.
Posted by: Dorkazoid | January 08, 2008 at 03:47 PM
im such a dork!!
Posted by: im such a dork!!! | January 05, 2008 at 12:42 PM
im a total dork lol
Posted by: Ash | January 03, 2008 at 02:35 PM