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Porteous 

Commonly used in Scottish Slang to criticizes one or more persons based on their manliness or lack there of. Since it is not used in any other culture, the usage has become almost non-existent. :(
Look at that Porteous, she really needs to man up
Porteous by Ed_Hale April 7, 2010

Porteous 

1.) Portable Catholic Prayer Book

2.) Over-achieving curly haired biologist.
1.) "thats a lovely porteous!"
"why thankyou. I got it from Waterstones."
"why I shall simply have to go and buy my own."
"you can't, they've sold out."
*despair*

2.) "helloooo. look at my telomerase."
Porteous by ibeaspoon July 27, 2010
When a lady/gentleman is fat but also attractive
Travis: "Wasn't Kirsty Alley hot in Cheers?"

Bob: "Not as hot as Ted Danson but yes she was"

Travis: "Very true Bob. She was gorgeous back then but with the added weight she's probably more porgeous now"
Porgeous by The HeartBreak Kid September 20, 2012
When someone is both pretty and gorgeous.

One who’s feelin fierce and lookin fine.
Damn. She be looking porgeous in her skinny jeans.

Thorgeous Porgeous Worgeous Shorgeous 

A beautiful girl called Zahra.
You are so thorgeous porgeous worgeous shorgeous.
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026