Old cockney-English word meaning cunt. A profanity referring to the boxal region of a lady.

The literal definition of this word is "to suffocate a person by means which leave no evidence, such as visual bruises and marks." i.e. to suffocate with a pillow or other soft object.

This is a very common and popularized word which comes from the root: beurk.
This phrase is commonly used to replace any insult and is only looked upon in bad context.
It is a word that should only be used if need be, frankly its just not a nice thing to say.
The term can also be altered depending on the situation , such as :

1. noun: A coniving person consumed with self-interest and completely lacking in morality or any other redeeming qualities, exemplified by an abuse of power or act of subversion.

2. verb: to act in a manner reminiscent of the character "Carter Burke" played by Paul Reiser in the classic sci-fi action movie "Aliens" released in 1986. Also "berked"

synonyms: snake, waste of space, piece of shit, spineless, sub-human, parasite.

Burke: v. To suffocate someone using a soft object that will leave little to no trace evidence (i.e. a pillow, your hands, etc). Taken from a historical crime file in which a man surnamed Burke, who ran an inn, found one of his patrons dead in thier room. He took the body to a coroner's office for identification where they paid him a large sum of money for the cadaver, mistaking him for a grave robber. Then he realized he could get money for any body he delivered, and he began suffocating his tenants with their pillows and selling them to the coroner's office for medical experimentation.

To brazenly refuse a simple request for help, assistance, etc.
To decisively deny or shut someone down.

sweating uncontrollably, whining uncontrollably, creeping around the corners, expressing an opinion but no one listens, annually passed up for promotions, attacking co-workers