Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: berk

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en] Track the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed. berk 29 Jun 2011, 8:59 pm Undo revision 13102903 by 81.6.210.74 (talk) ← Older revision Revision as of 19:59, 29 June 2011 Line 3: Line 3: ===Etymology=== ===Etymology=== - The usage is dated to the 1930s. A shortened version of {{term|Berkeley Hunt}}, the [[hunt]] based at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. In the Cockney rhyming slang, {{term|hunt}} is not used as a rhyme for {{term|cunt}} giving the word {{term|berk}} its original slang meaning. + The usage is dated to the 1930s. A shortened version of {{term|Berkeley Hunt}}, the [[hunt]] based at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. In the Cockney rhyming slang, {{term|hunt}} is used as a rhyme for {{term|cunt}} giving the word {{term|berk}} its original slang meaning. ===Pronunciation=== ===Pronunciation=== You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.