dorkus

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dorkus

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Pseudo-Latinism, derived from dog Latin dorkus, a facetious back-formation from English dork.

noun dorkuses

colloquial A silly or foolish person; a dork. "Push the door," screamed Carlos. "You dorkus!" "Oh." I grabbed the handle of the door and moved forward.

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"dorkus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dorkus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{dorkus_2026,
  title = {dorkus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dorkus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}