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- noun UK a member of the
groundcrew in theRAF .
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Examples
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(Would've watched Ghost before it, but I didn't catch it, erk.)
Tweets For Today tragic_elegance 2009
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**In RAF slang, an “erk” was a non-flying member of the air force, usually one of the ground staff.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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At first, a parrot might make a sound more like “erk” than “cork.”
Birdbrain « Isegoria 2008
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He informed me that some of his friends had left England because they got tired of being scared in their own homes including one couple who moved to Spain… erk.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Probably lucky I couldn’t find my boots. 2010
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Ergh. I backed it up six months ago on my other external HD for just this reason, but I want everything from the last six months, erk.
"It was working yesterday..." tragic_elegance 2008
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Dahl came to admire him, although he described him as “quite an erk,”** and was shocked to discover that he could barely draw.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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When I'd gone erk erk a couple of razzes on my full inno - cent stomach, I started to get out day platties from my ward - robe, turning the radio on.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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Errr ... these comments about candor and Rendell stating the truth really erk me.
Top Hillary Supporter: Some Whites In Pennsylvania "Are Not Ready" To Support Black Candidate 2009
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March 14th, 2008 at 7: 59 pm erk, gallstones, horrible things, not posting on the main page leads me to suspect ongoing problems. hope all is well with you and your pride.
“Out of Ambit” getting ready for a retool / upgrade | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2007
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Yardarm zippity up tites (hee hee hee) harts ob emninees AND oven foar cuking (erk!)
Viking cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
bilby commented on the word erk
"erk - Noun. An insignificant person, and general term of contempt. Orig. military use"
- peevish.co.uk
September 23, 2008