jerko

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noun

A jerk; an obnoxious person.

Scrabble 16

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nounjerko (plural jerkos)

plural jerkos

  1. slangA jerk; an obnoxious person.

    So they're really like...a family of jerkos.

    2016, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Lumberjanes #30
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    "Listen, jerko, you know you're special to me. I think you're a great guy with something to offer, and if it's the last thing I do, I'll shove you down J.J.B.'s throat."

    1968, Keefe Brasselle, The Cannibals: A Novel about Television's Savage Chieftains

    […] an interest in the opposite sex that is expressed as a movement away, a dislike of "jerkos" and "nerds."

    1995, Laurie Nehls Sherwen, Mary Ann Scoloveno, Carol Toussie-Weingarten, Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family, page 167

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APA

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