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porker

/ˈpɔːkə/ UK
/ˈpɔɹkɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

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From pork + -er.

* (obese person; police officer): Carried over from the same senses of pig.

* (a lie): Extension of the rhyming slang pork pie.

noun porkers

A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter. Jerry Lynch, a pig's head pickled. Term usually applied to the long Irish heads which are sent over here for sale in the poorer districts of London, and which are vastly different from the heads of “dairy-fed” porkers.
derogatory, slang An obese person.
Similar: All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chod, chodder, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey, elephant, fat, fatfuck, fatso
Cockney, UK, slang A lie.
Similar: porky, porky pie
US, derogatory, slang A police officer.

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noun pig raised for slaughter

Русский	бо́ров bórov

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@misc{porker_2026,
  title = {porker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}