The story
From pork + -er. * (obese person; police officer): Carried over from the same senses of pig. * (a lie): Extension of the rhyming slang pork pie.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter. Full definition →
From pork + -er. * (obese person; police officer): Carried over from the same senses of pig. * (a lie): Extension of the rhyming slang pork pie.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.