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porky
1[ pawr-kee, pohr- ]
porky
2[ pawr-kee, pohr- ]
noun
- a porcupine.
porky
1/ ˈpɔːkɪ /
adjective
- belonging to or characteristic of pork
a porky smell
- informal.fat; obese
porky
2/ ˈpɔːkɪ /
noun
- slang.a lie Also calledpork pie
Derived Forms
- ˈporkiness, noun
Other Words From
- porki·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of porky2
Word History and Origins
Origin of porky1
Example Sentences
Sylvester is panicked, Porky oblivious.
"I thought: 'Uh-oh. David’s told me a porky pie here,'" Underwood says.
In 1987, David Letterman was taping his late-night show in Las Vegas before rowdy audiences of mostly young men in preppy pullovers and muscle shirts — prototypical bros raised on “Porky’s.”
“Porky Hefer: No Bats, No Chocolate” is a show of towering, interactive, animal-inspired sculptures by Hefer, a South African artist and activist.
You can access it via chef Aaron May’s Porky’s barbecue pop-up near the rainbow Spectra tower.
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What does porky mean?
Porky is used to describe food as having the flavor of pork (the meat from a pig), as in The bacon gives the dish a nice porky flavor.
This sense of the word can be applied to dishes that have a prominent pork flavor or to pork itself when its flavor is strong, as in I think a lot of sausage is bland, but this is so flavorful—really nice and porky.
The word porky can also be used as a way to call someone chubby. This may be intended to be funny, but it’s always insulting to compare someone to a pig.
In the U.S., porky is used in some places as a slang term for porcupine.
In the U.K., porky is used as a slang term meaning a lie, as in I think he’s telling a porky.
Example: I like my ramen to be extra porky, so I doubled the amount of pork belly in it.
Where does porky come from?
The first records of the word porky come from the 1800s. The suffix -y is used to form adjectives. In the case of porky, it’s used to indicate a strong pork flavor. The suffix is used in the same way in the word beefy.
The origin of the British slang term porky in reference to a lie is much less straightforward. It’s an example of rhyming slang, in which a word is substituted with a common phrase that it rhymes with. In many cases, that phrase that the word has been replaced with is then shortened. In this case, the word lie is replaced with pork pie, which is then often shortened to porky (or porkie).
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What are some other forms related to porky?
- porkier (comparative adjective)
- porkiest (superlative adjective)
What are some synonyms for porky?
What are some words that share a root or word element with porky?
What are some words that often get used in discussing porky?
How is porky used in real life?
Porky is used to describe the flavor of dishes that includes pork, such as by a chef on a cooking show.
#restogastro chicharrones wcheddar cheese powder. Crispy, nice porky flavor. Still prefer crispy pork skin, not fried pic.twitter.com/IZyZFlmNQP
— Aenki (@AenkiEats) May 9, 2015
Tasted my first bits of cured, seasoned, pork fat this evening. Delicious. White slab o' porky essence w/spices.
— Bill Bumgarner (@bbum) December 26, 2008
When they start a sentence with "We have always believed .." – you know a politician is about to tell a porky #qanda
— Linda White ✊️ (@lindawhiteaus) May 15, 2017
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Is porky used correctly in the following sentence?
This is surprisingly not that porky considering how much pork is in it.
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