Dirk vs Dink - What's the difference?
dirk | dink |
A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
* 1883 ,
(US, Midwest, dated, slang) A penis; dork.
* May 1964 , Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
(US, Midwest, dated, slang) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.
* May 1964 , Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
Double Income No Kids - a childless couple with two jobs
As a proper noun dirk
is of german and dutch origin, cognate to derek.As a noun dink is
(tennis) a soft drop shot.As a verb dink is
(tennis) to play a soft drop shot.As an adjective dink is
(us|military).dirk
English
(wikipedia dirk)Noun
(en noun)- In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk , discolored to the hilt with blood.
- The word dick'' itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, ''dirk'' and ''dork , also meaning "penis"...
- ...on at least one Midwestern campus a dirk'' may be an "oddball" student, while a ''prick (more common) is of course an offensive one.
