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lort.

crap, shit (See Thesaurus:dammit)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

intj/lort/[ˈloɐ̯ˀd]

  1. crap, shit (See Thesaurus:dammit)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”), akin to Faroese lortur, Icelandic lortur. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *lort (“crooked; bent; left; left-handed; dastardly”). If so, then related also to English lirt (“to trick; deceive”), German dialectal lurz (“left; bad; wicked”).

noun/lort/[ˈloɐ̯ˀd]

  1. crap, shit (See Thesaurus:feces)

    neuter · no-plural

  2. muck, rubbish (See Thesaurus:trash and Thesaurus:junk)

    informal · neuter · no-plural

  3. rubbish, drivel (See Thesaurus:nonsense)

    informal · neuter · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”), akin to Faroese lortur, Icelandic lortur. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *lort (“crooked; bent; left; left-handed; dastardly”). If so, then related also to English lirt (“to trick; deceive”), German dialectal lurz (“left; bad; wicked”).

noun/lort/[ˈloɐ̯ˀd]

  1. turd (a piece of excrement)

    common-gender

  2. jerk, bastard

    common-gender · derogatory · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”), akin to Faroese lortur, Icelandic lortur. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *lort (“crooked; bent; left; left-handed; dastardly”). If so, then related also to English lirt (“to trick; deceive”), German dialectal lurz (“left; bad; wicked”).

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