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Added 9 October 2026

pork

/pɔːk/ noun

Latin root: porcus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pork at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The meat of a pig.
The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
Law enforcement; those who side with criminal prosecution.

verb

To have sex with (someone).

noun

A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.

Origin

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken. Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century. US politics sense is related to pork barrel.

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