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torked
Created by a Northern Virginian in the late 1970s by combining tired and horked to create a word that means exasperated, exhausted, frustrated, and annoyed. Word was created as part of a class project to create new or combination words in the same manner as those found in the Jabberwocky poem.
The phrase caught on and spread throughout several Northern VA schools in the late 70s and early 80s. Frequent relocation of people to and from the area is the probable cause of the continued spread of the phrase. The phrase, by the early 80s, had evolved to generally mean mad or angry - not necessarily exasperated and tired. Popular variation in the 80s was "totally torked".
Possible variation or parallel development is "I am torqued" which is based upon "torqued" which means something that that is twisted, possibly to the point of being under stress though over tightening.
The phrase caught on and spread throughout several Northern VA schools in the late 70s and early 80s. Frequent relocation of people to and from the area is the probable cause of the continued spread of the phrase. The phrase, by the early 80s, had evolved to generally mean mad or angry - not necessarily exasperated and tired. Popular variation in the 80s was "totally torked".
Possible variation or parallel development is "I am torqued" which is based upon "torqued" which means something that that is twisted, possibly to the point of being under stress though over tightening.
"I'm totally torked. I had to listen to him drone on for over 10 minutes about something totally irrelevant."
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torked
to be angry with something.
originally from a Minnesotian girl who lives in Rhode Island now. She started using the term, and it's caught on in Rhode Island due to its foreign nature.
originally from a Minnesotian girl who lives in Rhode Island now. She started using the term, and it's caught on in Rhode Island due to its foreign nature.
torked by steve carroll January 25, 2005
torked
Man, the hail from that storm really torked the roof of my car.
He got his face torked-up during that fist fight last night!
He got his face torked-up during that fist fight last night!
torked by 8080david@gmail.com July 5, 2009
torked
torked by St. Dumbfuck June 16, 2007
torked off
torked off by Bobby64 April 21, 2011
torpedobeats
Used by the Youtuber atsf in their World of warships videos. Torpedobeats take the Eurobeats used in certain animes when someone is drifting and apply it to dodging torpedo spreads from enemy players.
Wows player 1: I had some really good torpedobeats earlier
other person: how so?
Wows player 1: I dodged 3 full spreads of torpedos from a fubuki while I was fighting them in my Atago
Other person: Noice. wtf does that mean.
Wows player 1: its an injoke in Wows.
other person: how so?
Wows player 1: I dodged 3 full spreads of torpedos from a fubuki while I was fighting them in my Atago
Other person: Noice. wtf does that mean.
Wows player 1: its an injoke in Wows.
torpedobeats by a random weeb May 23, 2016
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pod person
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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dead drop
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026