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porky
1[pawr-kee, pohr-]
porky
2[pawr-kee, pohr-]
noun
plural
porkiesa porcupine.
porky
1/ ˈɔːɪ /
adjective
belonging to or characteristic of pork
a porky smell
informalfat; obese
porky
2/ ˈɔːɪ /
noun
Also called: pork pie.slanga lie
Other 51Թ Forms
- porkiness noun
- ˈǰ쾱Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of porky2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of porky1
Example Sentences
The brand-new feature-length “The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Story,” starring Daffy and Porky — whose teaming goes back to 1937 —and originally set for Max, was raffled off to another distributor, who released it theatrically this past weekend.
"It was hard and anybody in that position who says it wasn't, I think will be telling you porky pies."
Sylvester is panicked, Porky oblivious.
"I thought: 'Uh-oh. David’s told me a porky pie here,'" Underwood says.
In 1987, David Letterman was taping his late-night show in Las Vegas before rowdy audiences of mostly young men in preppy pullovers and muscle shirts — prototypical bros raised on “Porky’s.”
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When To Use
Porky is used to describe food as having the flavor of pork (the meat from a pig), as in The bacon gives the dish a nice porky flavor. This sense of the word can be applied to dishes that have a prominent pork flavor or to pork itself when its flavor is strong, as in I think a lot of sausage is bland, but this is so flavorful—really nice and porky. The word porky can also be used as a way to call someone chubby. This may be intended to be funny, but it’s always insulting to compare someone to a pig.In the U.S., porky is used in some places as a slang term for porcupine.In the U.K., porky is used as a slang term meaning a lie, as in I think he’s telling a porky. Example: I like my ramen to be extra porky, so I doubled the amount of pork belly in it.
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