Berks

/ bɑːks /

abbreviation for

1. Berkshire

Example Sentences

On one side are “berks”, careless and coarse, who would destroy the language by polluting it.

From Economist

Last season it was Liverpool, now it’s Manchester United showing that they’re not too haughty to try winning this trophy, while the likes of Southampton and West Ham use it to make berks of themselves.

From The Guardian

Left to the berks, the English language would “die of impurity, like late Latin”.

From Literature

It's King John versus a bunch of wealthy landowners: a legal spat between several berks and the king of the berks.

From The Guardian

Typically berks don't know or care that adverbs are different from adjectives and use the latter in lieu of the former.

From The Guardian