megajerk

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noun

A particularly objectionable jerk.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounmegajerk (plural megajerks)

plural megajerks

  1. USslangA particularly objectionable jerk.

    "I guess Valerie's death is probably why Devin's been such a megajerk," Joelle told the filly as she groomed her later.

    1998, Karle Dickerson, The Forgotten Filly
    2 more examples

    I love him, and he's had a bad time since Mom died, which is why I can forgive him for being such a megajerk, but he's not exactly gracious company...

    2005, Lisa Marie Rice, Woman on the Run

    Or maybe they've — you've — had a run-in with the gum-popping, eye-rolling, demanding megajerks; the chatty, bargain-hungry Target cashier; or an irritated armchair film critic like Aunt Linda...

    2009 January 4, Melena Ryzik, “She's really shy, but that's a secret”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishjerk
  6. Englishmegajerk

From mega- + jerk.

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Chicago

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