pork

Etymology

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century. US politics sense is related to pork barrel. The verb is from the black American form of poke.

noun

  1. (uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
    The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
  2. (US politics, slang, derogatory) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
  3. (MLE, slang, collective) law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution
    Meronym: porky (“one member of law enforcement, policeman”)
  4. (slang) A shag; a fuck; an act of coitus.
    porking

verb

  1. (transitive, slang, vulgar, usually of a male) To have sex with (someone).
    Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond! 1978, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Animal House (motion picture), spoken by Boon (Peter Riegert), Universal Pictures

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