corey

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Corey^¹

/ˈkɔː.ɹi/ UK
/ˈkɔ.ɹi/ Canada, US
/ˈkoː.ɹi/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɔːɹi

proper noun Cory · Kory · Korey

An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Comhraidhe (Curry).
A male given name transferred from the surname. Miss Carroll's popularity doesn't end with her on-screen performances in the show which co-stars young Marc Copage as her precocious six-year-old son, Corey Baker, whose father Capt. Baker was killed in Vietnam.
rare A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori. "I'm Millicent Banning and —" she pushed Corey forward "— this is my daughter Catherine, but we all call her Corey."

corey^²

/ˈkɔː.ɹi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔːɹi

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Angloromani kor, kori, korri, kuri (“penis”), from Romani kar (“penis”), from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa, “stick, penis”).

noun coreys · cory · kory

UK, slang, vulgar A penis. She always gets the numbers right, she's got me into maths / I'd take away her pants and add my corey to her gash
Similar: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode

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Closest in meaning: cory, connie, korean, conny, corrie, kure, corriher, corcoran, corr, corran, curry, corrin, corrigan, corkern, corkery, coday

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@misc{corey_2026,
  title = {corey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}