I love this one. The insult *berk* has become a fairly unoffensive general-purpose insult, similar to prat, jerk, dolt, idiot, etc. What most people don't know is that *berk* is rhyming slang, with berk being short for Berkeley, as used in the phrase *Berkeley Hunt*, the *disguised* meaning of berk, is a word that rhymes with *Hunt*, which I'm sure you'll be able to guess without my help. ohiggins@tds.net wrote:
stupid question: what's a "berk"?
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Hello Jerry, Thursday, March 27, 2003, 4:44:32 PM, you wrote: JQ> I love this one. The insult *berk* has become a fairly unoffensive JQ> general-purpose insult, similar to prat, jerk, dolt, idiot, etc. What JQ> most people don't know is that *berk* is rhyming slang, with berk being JQ> short for Berkeley, as used in the phrase *Berkeley Hunt*, the JQ> *disguised* meaning of berk, is a word that rhymes with *Hunt*, which JQ> I'm sure you'll be able to guess without my help. As in 'Hunt the Shunt' - the Ex 1976 F1 World Champ? Andrew
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