Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun slang. stupid, socially inept, unfashionable, or ridiculous; -- always used disparagingly.

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  • adjective Like a dork, or having a dork's characteristics.

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Examples

  • I was going to say that in this case gay = lame = dumb = dorky, but my dictionary tells me that dorky is derived from penis.

    You Probably Think This Word Is About You Roger Sutton 2009

  • "One thing we're getting rid of is what I call the dorky

    Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010

  • The filmmakers additionally revealed that the third “Transformers” movie will feature a space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, with Bay adding “One thing we’re getting rid of is what I call the dorky comedy.”

    Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » ‘Transformers 3’ Will Be Presented In 3D 2010

  • Over at the Office party, where Oscar wins the costume contest by default — no one expects "rational consumer guy" to actually win — Pam's Olive Oyl is adorably dorky, which is appropriate given that she and Jim force Timothy Olyphant's Danny to confess that her dorkitude was what kept him from pursuing their relationship several years earlier.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2010

  • Yesterday we had a Mummy & Lola day (the day before was a Mummy & Max day, and we went here and then had chinese food together) and went to Zürich to stock up on ballet gear, and she was scarily into clothes shopping ... she helped me choose some new sunglasses, although the jury is still out on whether they are a good look for me or not (Bruno called them 'dorky' - hey, doesn't he know dorky is the new black?).

    Rainy day 2007

  • Yesterday we had a Mummy & Lola day (the day before was a Mummy & Max day, and we went here and then had chinese food together) and went to Zürich to stock up on ballet gear, and she was scarily into clothes shopping ... she helped me choose some new sunglasses, although the jury is still out on whether they are a good look for me or not (Bruno called them 'dorky' - hey, doesn't he know dorky is the new black?).

    August 2007 2007

  • Do you wonder if twenty years from now, someone will be lauding some book and wishing there had been -- a book about a kind of dorky kid that goes on a road trip with his Muslim friend and thinks over his obssession with girls named Katherine -- when SHE was a teen?

    It's Not How Long You Make It, Is It? Roger Sutton 2009

  • The Squirrel Promo is kind of dorky, but Zac Efron appears in the reel.

    Zac Efron in Pirates 4? 2010

  • Though wallet, pan, and catalogue all made it into the show, Kitnick admits that he wouldn't carry such a "dorky" billfold himself.

    Paper Magazine: Meet Brooklyn Sculptor Zak Kitnick 2010

  • Though wallet, pan, and catalogue all made it into the show, Kitnick admits that he wouldn't carry such a "dorky" billfold himself.

    Paper Magazine: Meet Brooklyn Sculptor Zak Kitnick 2010

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