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dorkify en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From dork + -ify.

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To make dorky.
    • If they think about him at all, they're inclined to blame him for commodifying, and therefore dorkifying, their pure underground pursuit. 2004, Hampton Sides, Americana: dispatches from the new frontier, page 16:
    • It's amazing—what he lacks in finesse he makes up for in sheer willingness to dorkify himself. 2009, Micol Ostow, David Ostow, So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother, page 97:

Forms

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dorkifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dorkified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dorkified Tense=Past lexicographic
dorkifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic