moreporkn.int.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːpɔːk/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrˌpɔrk/, Australian English

/ˈmɔːpɔːk/, New Zealand English

/ˈmoːpoːk/

Forms: 1800s mawepawk, 1800s mawpawk, 1800s– morepork, 1900s– morepoke. See also mopoke n.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the boobook owl's usual call. Compare pork int.The early Australian evidence suggests that morepork was the original form, but that, perhaps under the influence of mope v., the form mopoke (see mopoke n.) soon emerged (compare poke n.¹, apparently used as the second element in a number of regional bird names; the early variant mopehawk , influenced by hawk , perhaps represents an intermediate step). Morepork is attested in New Zealand from the 1840s, where it has remained the usual spelling, although mopoke is also occasionally attested there. Both forms continued in use in Australia until the mid 20th cent., but since then the prevailing form in Australian use has been mopoke . With sense A. 2 compare:1898 M. Roberts Keeper of Waters 138 He sold a station in Victoria, and they said he was as silly as a ‘morepork’.

Chiefly New Zealand.

A. n.

1. Originally and chiefly: a boobook owl occurring in New Zealand and Tasmania, Ninox novaeseelandiae. Also (Australian) any of several other nocturnal birds, esp. the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides.The call of boobook owls has often erroneously been attributed to other nocturnal birds, especially the tawny frogmouth (cf. quots. 1889 at sense B., 1942 at sense B.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Aegothelidae

morepork1825

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > ninox novaeseelandidae (morepork)

boobook1801

morepork1825

mopoke1829

ruru1842

nighthawk1857

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Podargidae (frogmouth) > other types of

morepork1825

oilbird1859

1825 J. H. Wedge Diary 31 Aug. (1962) 19 They killed one [possum]—and a More Pork.

1846 G. H. Haydon Five Years Austral. Felix vi. 132 The doleful cry of the more~pork.

1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. II. Pl. 1 Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ Vig. and Horsf., Owlet Nightjar..Little Mawepawk, colonists of Van Diemen's Land.

1849 W. T. Power Sketches in N.Z. ix. 74 Among the commonest birds which frequent the forest is a small owl, generally known..by the denomination of ‘More pork’.

1866 M. A. Barker Let. in Station Life N.Z. (1870) xiv. 100 The last cry of a very pretty little owl, called from its distinctly uttered cries, the ‘more-pork’.

1894 C. W. Richmond Let. 22 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. x. 597 Once..they had nothing to eat but a tui and a morepork.

1928 Free Lance (Wellington) 34 Moreporks can't expect a monopoly of the bush at night.

1962 T. Ronan Deep of Sky 185 The two blackboys had been awakened by a morepork owl which sounded a bit off key.

1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation iv. 60 There's an owl in Stuart's garden that I hear hooting every night. It's a morepork. And suddenly it's begun hooting during the day.

2. colloquial.

a. Australian. A stupid or tiresome person (frequently as a term of abuse).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

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a right one1958

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Herbert1960

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doof1971

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no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

eight ball-

1845 R. Howitt Impressions Austral. Felix 233 ‘A more-pork kind of fellow’ is a man of cut-and-dry phrases; a person remarkable for nothing new in common conversation.

1905 J. Furphy Rigby's Romance (1946) 81 ‘Think I ain't game, you morepoke?’ says she.

1963 D. Niland Dadda Jumped 182 You long-nosed morepork, I ought to let you have it good and hard.

b. New Zealand. A dawdler, a slowcoach; a stay-at-home.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person

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slugc1425

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morepork1874

slob1876

slow boat to China1919

schlump1941

1874 T. H. Potts On Recent Changes in Fauna N.Z. 8 A dawdling person, who is often described as ‘a regular old morepork’.

1959 L. Masters Tales of Mails 91 It would be better for him and his neighbour..to cease chopping away at the bush, clearing fern and perching up at the head of the valley like a couple of moreporks.

B. int.

Representing the usual call of the boobook owl, and (frequently erroneously) the call of the tawny frogmouth.

ΚΠ

1827 H. Hellyer in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 177 The owl's doleful cry of ‘more pork’.

1847 N.Z. Jrnl. 7 219 The Rura rura, a small owl, kept up its incessant monotonous cry of ‘More porke, more porke’.

1889 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 33 We are lulled to sleep by the melancholy..voices of the night bird Podargus ‘more-pork! more-pork!’

1942 E. Anderson Squatter's Luck 28 For you the tawny frogmouth when he spoke Croaked, ‘More pork’, ‘More pork’, ‘Mopoke’.

1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (1993) viii. 141 ‘I do a rather good morepork.’ Bernard sat up, straightened his shoulders. ‘More pork. More pork.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morepork
释义	moreporkn.int. Brit. /ˈmɔːpɔːk/, U.S. /ˈmɔrˌpɔrk/, Australian English /ˈmɔːpɔːk/, New Zealand English /ˈmoːpoːk/ Forms: 1800s mawepawk, 1800s mawpawk, 1800s– morepork, 1900s– morepoke. See also mopoke n. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the boobook owl's usual call. Compare pork int.The early Australian evidence suggests that morepork was the original form, but that, perhaps under the influence of mope v., the form mopoke (see mopoke n.) soon emerged (compare poke n.¹, apparently used as the second element in a number of regional bird names; the early variant mopehawk , influenced by hawk , perhaps represents an intermediate step). Morepork is attested in New Zealand from the 1840s, where it has remained the usual spelling, although mopoke is also occasionally attested there. Both forms continued in use in Australia until the mid 20th cent., but since then the prevailing form in Australian use has been mopoke . With sense A. 2 compare:1898 M. Roberts Keeper of Waters 138 He sold a station in Victoria, and they said he was as silly as a ‘morepork’. Chiefly New Zealand. A. n. 1. Originally and chiefly: a boobook owl occurring in New Zealand and Tasmania, Ninox novaeseelandiae. Also (Australian) any of several other nocturnal birds, esp. the tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides.The call of boobook owls has often erroneously been attributed to other nocturnal birds, especially the tawny frogmouth (cf. quots. 1889 at sense B., 1942 at sense B.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Aegothelidae morepork1825 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > ninox novaeseelandidae (morepork) boobook1801 morepork1825 mopoke1829 ruru1842 nighthawk1857 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Podargidae (frogmouth) > other types of morepork1825 oilbird1859 1825 J. H. Wedge Diary 31 Aug. (1962) 19 They killed one [possum]—and a More Pork. 1846 G. H. Haydon Five Years Austral. Felix vi. 132 The doleful cry of the more~pork. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. II. Pl. 1 Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ Vig. and Horsf., Owlet Nightjar..Little Mawepawk, colonists of Van Diemen's Land. 1849 W. T. Power Sketches in N.Z. ix. 74 Among the commonest birds which frequent the forest is a small owl, generally known..by the denomination of ‘More pork’. 1866 M. A. Barker Let. in Station Life N.Z. (1870) xiv. 100 The last cry of a very pretty little owl, called from its distinctly uttered cries, the ‘more-pork’. 1894 C. W. Richmond Let. 22 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) II. x. 597 Once..they had nothing to eat but a tui and a morepork. 1928 Free Lance (Wellington) 34 Moreporks can't expect a monopoly of the bush at night. 1962 T. Ronan Deep of Sky 185 The two blackboys had been awakened by a morepork owl which sounded a bit off key. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation iv. 60 There's an owl in Stuart's garden that I hear hooting every night. It's a morepork. And suddenly it's begun hooting during the day. 2. colloquial. a. Australian. A stupid or tiresome person (frequently as a term of abuse). 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Howitt Impressions Austral. Felix 233 ‘A more-pork kind of fellow’ is a man of cut-and-dry phrases; a person remarkable for nothing new in common conversation. 1905 J. Furphy Rigby's Romance (1946) 81 ‘Think I ain't game, you morepoke?’ says she. 1963 D. Niland Dadda Jumped 182 You long-nosed morepork, I ought to let you have it good and hard. b. New Zealand. A dawdler, a slowcoach; a stay-at-home. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person sluggard1398 slugc1425 dawa1500 belly huddroun?a1513 slowbelly1526 luggard?1528 heavy arse1530 slugger1539 druggard1569 slowback1577 snaila1593 slugplum1593 druggle1611 dawdlea1764 laggard1808 doldrum1812 dawdler1818 slowcoach1828 lag-last1830 slowpoke1847 morepork1874 slob1876 slow boat to China1919 schlump1941 1874 T. H. Potts On Recent Changes in Fauna N.Z. 8 A dawdling person, who is often described as ‘a regular old morepork’. 1959 L. Masters Tales of Mails 91 It would be better for him and his neighbour..to cease chopping away at the bush, clearing fern and perching up at the head of the valley like a couple of moreporks. B. int. Representing the usual call of the boobook owl, and (frequently erroneously) the call of the tawny frogmouth. ΚΠ 1827 H. Hellyer in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 177 The owl's doleful cry of ‘more pork’. 1847 N.Z. Jrnl. 7 219 The Rura rura, a small owl, kept up its incessant monotonous cry of ‘More porke, more porke’. 1889 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 33 We are lulled to sleep by the melancholy..voices of the night bird Podargus ‘more-pork! more-pork!’ 1942 E. Anderson Squatter's Luck 28 For you the tawny frogmouth when he spoke Croaked, ‘More pork’, ‘More pork’, ‘Mopoke’. 1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (1993) viii. 141 ‘I do a rather good morepork.’ Bernard sat up, straightened his shoulders. ‘More pork. More pork.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1825
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