jerkdar

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noun

The ability to detect whether or not a person is a jerk.

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Meanings

nounjerkdar (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableThe ability to detect whether or not a person is a jerk.

    Knew it all too well from a couple of jerks she'd dated before her jerkdar had kicked in fully at age twenty.

    2006, Debra Webb, Never Happened, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 90
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    Yeah, he's blipped mine, too. But he's beating the hell out of my Dorkdar® and Jerkdar® so much that I can't get an accurate reading from the Gaydar® -- it's such a *sensitive* instrument, you know.

    2001 December 7, Big J [username], “Re: David Spade dating 6ft. Caprice”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet)

    I'm not a big fan of jerks, so it is good they are so easy to identify and to avoid. Your newfound “jerkdar” could be interpreted as a silver lining.

    2005, Angela Thompson, Where the Heck Is That Place Called Hope?, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68

Origin

From jerk + -dar.

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Cite this entry
APA

jerkdar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerkdar

MLA

“jerkdar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerkdar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jerkdar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jerkdar.

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