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porky

1

[pawr-kee, pohr-]

adjective

porkier, porkiest 
  1. of, relating to, or resembling pork.

  2. fat.

    a porky child.



porky

2

[pawr-kee, pohr-]

noun

Chiefly Inland North and Western U.S..

plural

porkies 
  1. a porcupine.

porky

1

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. belonging to or characteristic of pork

    a porky smell

  2. informalfat; obese

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

porky

2

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: pork pie.slanga lie

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • porkiness noun
  • ˈǰ쾱Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of porky1

First recorded in 1850–55; pork + -y 1

Origin of porky2

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; porc(upine) + -y 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of porky1

from rhyming slang pork pie lie
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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.

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"It was hard and anybody in that position who says it wasn't, I think will be telling you porky pies."

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Sylvester is panicked, Porky oblivious.

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"I thought: 'Uh-oh. David’s told me a porky pie here,'" Underwood says.

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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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What doesporky mean?

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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