Definitions

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  • adjective colloquial plump
  • adjective resembling pork

Etymologies

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pork +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Not that I love the 2008 farm bill in all it's porkish splendor.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Not that I love the 2008 farm bill in all it's porkish splendor.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Not that I love the 2008 farm bill in all it's porkish splendor.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Not that I love the 2008 farm bill in all it's porkish splendor.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Not that I love the 2008 farm bill in all it's porkish splendor.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • One of the risks we face as taxpayers is that the offer of bailout funds such as this, though designed to create jobs, will be squandered and misdirected towards pig manure projects, bridges to no where, or some other porkish venue.

    Cafferty File 2009

  • I don't eat this often, but it's really good: polenta fried alongside the egg in butter and some bacon or porkish thing, parmesan reggiano, sea salt, and sun-dried tomato.

    Popular Posts Across MetaFilter willpie 2009

  • Sadly, I’m beginning to feel distinctly porkish, and I really don’t think it’s entirely due to the few extra pounds that menopause has so kindly settled around the lower half of my body.

    2009 May « Becca’s Byline 2009

  • Sadly, I’m beginning to feel distinctly porkish, and I really don’t think it’s entirely due to the few extra pounds that menopause has so kindly settled around the lower half of my body.

    Style Conscious 2009

  • Funny, how the same Republicans that freaked out so much over Mary Landrieu's and Ben Nelson's porking up the Senate health care reform bill - one of the reasons given for the teabuggers 'mucking about with Senator Landrieu's phones was an alleged desire to investigate Landrieu's porkish ways - are going to either be silent as the tomb, or talk about how Shelby's such a principled and honorable man driven by desperation to extreme measures.

    Mercury Rising 鳯女 2010

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