Gork vs Gorp - What's the difference?
gork | gorp |
A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function.
(label) A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.
A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc.
*1985 , , Knopf, ISBN 039454689X, chapter 19,
*:"They were living in their pajamas so as not to have too much laundry. They were eating gorp for their suppers."
*:"I'm not even going to ask what gorp is," Sarah said,
*:"It's a mixture of wheat germ and nuts and dried—"
*1996: Brian M. Parks,
*:...also take some cheese and hard salami and crackers which are normally not contained in gorp' to give even more variety. variety is the key here, and a bag of '''gorp''' curtails this.....unless of course you wish to pack ten different varieties of ' gorp with you :^)
As nouns the difference between gork and gorp
is that gork is a terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions while gorp is a loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc.As a verb gork
is to sedate a patient heavily.gork
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(en noun)gorp
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Alternative forms
* GORPNoun
(-)gorpin rec.backcountry