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Definition: Pork |
PorkNoun1. Meat from a domestic hog or pig. 2. A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pork" was first used: 1215. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | If you eat pork in your dreams, you will encounter real trouble, but if you only see pork, you will come out of a conflict victoriously. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Pork Pig. The former is Norman-French, the latter Saxon. "Pork, I think, is good Norman-French; and so, when the brute lives, and is in charge of a Saxon slave, she goes by her Saxon name; but becomes a Norman, and is called pork, when she is carried to the castle-hall."- Sir Walter Scott; Ivanhoe. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | PORK. To cry pork; to give intelligence to the undertaker of a funeral; metaphor borrowed from the raven, whose note sounds like the word pork. Ravens are said to smell carrion at a distance. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Pork is the meat of the pig. It is one of the most common meats among the Chinese and Europeans, while being considered inedible in Islamic and Orthodox Jewish law. These traditional dietary restrictions may have been created to prevent trichinosis, which can be caught from undercooked pork.
Pork from the haunch of the pig is called ham. Other parts include pork shoulder, pork chops and pigs' feet. Sausage is often made from miscellaneous meats, and scrapple is another aggregate meat-food derived from pigs. Pork intestines are called chitterlings (pronounced CHIT - linz).
Some pork products figured prominently in the traditional diets of southern African-Americans, such as pigs' feet, hog jowls, and other parts not wanted by whites, because they were a) available to them and b) affordable for the very poor. (See soul food).
Pork products are often cured by salt (pickling) and smoking. The portion most often given this treatment is the ham, or [rear] haunch of the pig; pork shoulder, or front haunch, is also sometimes cured in this manner.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Pork barrel is a derogatory term used to describe government spending that is intended to enrich constituents of a politician. Typically it is funding for special projects that benefit only a small number of people.The Bonus Bill of 1817 was introduced by John Calhoun to provide highways linking The East and South to The West using the earnings Bonus from the Second Bank of the United States. Calhoun argued for it using general welfare and post roads clauses. It was an early example of pork barrel politics. Though he approved of the goals, President James Madison vetoed the bill as unconstitutional.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pork barrel."
Synonyms: PorkSynonyms: porc (n), pork barrel (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Beef, bisquit, bun; cornstarch; cookie, cooky; cracker, doughnut; fatling; hardtack, hoecake, hominy; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled; remove, entremet; releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat; pie, pasty, volauvent; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets; kickshaws; condiment. |
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Screenplays | First, we go in there and get wrecked, then we eat a pork pie, then we drop some Surmontil-50's each (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.) Kids with no teeth who do nothing but play the banjo eat apple sauce through a straw pork farm animals (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) Well prepare yourself for pork chop (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) Pork chops taste gooood (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) Pork chops (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Eating pork and beans or corn flakes wit no milk (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pork Chop Phooey (1965) The Perils of Pork Pie (1916) A Double Deal in Pork (1915) Cutting Pork (1901) Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) | |
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 | A grocery bag spills out junk food (Cheetos, fried pork skins, cookies, cheddar and bacon crackers). There are bananas and oranges hidden in the background. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Trichinosis, or trichinellosis, is caused by eating raw or undercooked pork infected with the larvae of a species of worm called Trichinella. Initial symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, fever, and abdominal discomfort. Credit: CDC. |
 | Camp cook roasts the boar and all hands get barbecued pork. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A Missouri pork producer and his son take a break from sexing young pigs. Credit: Norm Klopfenstein. |
 | Dottie and Lottie. No pork chops for me dearie ... I had a customer today that looked the image of a fat pig ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Defenceless [sic] old soul held up by Col. Pork / W.A. Rogers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Inviting the undertaker. Jim, you've got to give credit where credit is due. Pork hogs can't help being hogs. Road hogs - can!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Packing pork and beans in shipping cartons. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ephrata, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Butchering pork on a Mennonite farm. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Street vendor selling pork products on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | IITYWYBAD? Down at one end the cooking plates, pots of stew, potatoes, pot roast, roast beef, gray roast pork waiting to be sliced |
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Health | Avoid eating raw or undercooked pork and other meats. (references) | |
Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. (references) | ||
Freeze pork less than 6 inches thick for 20 days at 5 o F to kill any worms. (references) | ||
Business | Imports of alcohol and pork products are strictly regulated. (references) | |
Reference to religious holidays, pork, cinemas, bars, and so forth, are prohibited. (references) | ||
For religious and security reasons, there are various restrictions on import of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and pork products. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Saudi Arabia | Government censors remove any reference to politics, religions other than Islam, pork or pigs, alcohol, and sex from foreign programs and songs. (references) |
Brunei | The authorities sporadically conduct raids on clubs frequented by foreign residents and foreign workers in order to confiscate alcohol and foodstuffs that were not prepared in accordance with "halal" requirements (the Islamic requirements for the slaughter of animals and the prohibition on inclusion of pork products in any food). (references) | |
Economic History | Bulgaria | Total imports of both products are expected to increase in CY 2001 as they are a safe and price competitive substitute for pork and beef. (references) |
Political Economy | EL SALVADOR | Under this new scheme, white and yellow corn are charged 20 percent ad valorem duties; paddy and milled rice, 40 percent; fluid milk and dairy products, 40 percent; sorghum, 40 percent; and pork, 40 percent. (references) |
ALGERIA | The only imports subject to restrictions are firearms, explosives, narcotics, and pork products, which are prohibited for security or religious reasons. (references) | |
AUSTRALIA | Concerns remain with Australia's restrictions on California table grapes, Florida citrus, stone fruit, chicken (fresh, cooked, and frozen), pork, apples, and corn. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Government of Argentina (GOA) have recently signed sanitary agreements allowing imports into Argentina of U.S. fresh, chilled, and frozen pork (May 2001), and citrus and stone fruit from some counties in the states of California and Florida (March 2001). (references) |
Argentina | A protocol allowing U.S. fresh, chilled and frozen pork imports into Argentina was finalized in May 2001. Lamb meat from the United States is prohibited entry into Argentina due to Scrapie disease. (references) | |
Brazil | Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references) | |
Travel | Qatar | In accordance with Islamic laws and regulations, pork and pork derivatives are not allowed to be brought into Qatar. (references) |
Nicaragua | Vigorón: a dish made of yucca with roasted pork, served with a cabbage salad. (references) | |
Nicaragua | Nacatamal: a tamale made of corn stuffed with rice, pork or chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, among other ingredients. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy. Moses Mendlessohn having fallen ill sent for a Christian physician, who at once diagnosed the philosopher's disorder as trichinosis, but tactfully gave it another name. "You need and immediate change of diet," he said; "you must eat six ounces of pork every other day." "Pork?" shrieked the patient -- "pork? Nothing shall induce me to touch it!" "Do you mean that?" the doctor gravely asked. "I swear it!" "Good! -- then I will undertake to cure you." |
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Jon Stewart | That's what I'm saying, because you know our government goes away, meat will still be inspected, to a certain extent. Maybe not pork, maybe they are just going with beef, maybe chicken, maybe turkey, maybe they pick one meat. It is a shadow government. |
Robert Novak | Well, I think that Congressman Thomas is a compromiser. I think he's willing to adjust himself. But I think he is really determined that Bob Byrd is not going to bring in his collection of pork into those negotiations. We'll see if he prevails on that. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno and halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir, and in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called Vietnam. |
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| "Pork" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.83% of the time. "Pork" is used about 583 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.83% | 582 | 10,884 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 583 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pork": boneless loin of pork ♦ cooked pork meats ♦ cut of pork ♦ escalope of pork ♦ fillet of pork ♦ hand of pork ♦ pancake with diced pork ♦ pork and beans ♦ pork barrel ♦ pork belly ♦ pork butcher ♦ pork butcher's ♦ pork chop ♦ pork cutlet ♦ pork cysticercosis ♦ pork dripping ♦ pork fat ♦ pork loin ♦ pork measles ♦ Pork NPH Iletin II ♦ pork pie ♦ pork pie hat ♦ pork pig ♦ Pork Regular Iletin II ♦ pork rib ♦ pork rind ♦ pork roast ♦ pork sausage ♦ pork tapeworm ♦ pork tenderloin ♦ roast pork ♦ salt pork ♦ sea pork ♦ side of pork ♦ spring of pork ♦ sward pork. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pork": pork-and-veal goulash, pork-barrel, pork-barreling, pork-barrelling, pork-borne, pork-butcher, pork-chop-shaped, pork-dripping, pork-fat, pork-pie. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pork chop recipe | 954 | barbecue pork recipe | 100 |
pork recipe | 553 | barbecue pork rib | 87 |
pork dish | 552 | sweet and sour pork | 86 |
pork | 546 | recipe stuffed pork chop | 78 |
pork tenderloin recipe | 480 | pork marinade | 74 |
pork chop | 391 | baked pork chop recipe | 63 |
pork tenderloin | 283 | cooking pork | 62 |
roast pork recipe | 271 | chat pork | 62 |
pork roast | 234 | chop grilled pork recipe | 61 |
pork loin recipe | 214 | pork pie | 59 |
pulled pork | 209 | grilled pork tenderloin | 59 |
pulled pork recipe | 189 | barbecue chop pork | 58 |
pork rind | 174 | barbecue pork rib recipe | 57 |
pork rib recipe | 163 | pork chop marinade | 57 |
pork rib | 157 | pork chop hill | 55 |
barbecue pork | 140 | pork loin roast | 53 |
stuffed pork chop | 140 | world pork expo | 52 |
grilled pork chop | 129 | nutrition pork | 51 |
baked pork chop | 116 | sweet and sour pork recipe | 51 |
pork loin | 107 | pork steak recipe | 49 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pork"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | parë e shtetit (pork barrel), mish derri (pig). (various references) | |
Arabic | لحم خنزير. (various references) | |
Aymara | khuchi (brown, pig). (various references) | |
Bavarian | schweinas. (various references) | |
Bemba | inkimba. (various references) | |
Breton | kig-moc'h (pork meat). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свинско месо (pig), свински (hoggish, porcine, swinish), държавна трапеза. (various references) | |
Cebuano | karneng baboy. (various references) | |
Chamorro | katnen babui. (various references) | |
Chinese | 豬肉 , 猪肉. (various references) | |
Cornish | kýk mogh. (various references) | |
Czech | vepřové maso. (various references) | |
Danish | svinekød. (various references) | |
Dutch | varkensvlees. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | cuchi aicha. (various references) | |
Esperanto | porkaĵo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | svínakjøt. (various references) | |
Farsi | گوشت خوک (Lard), گراز (Hog, Pig). (various references) | |
Finnish | sianliha. (various references) | |
French | porc. (various references) | |
French Canadian | porc. (various references) | |
Frisian | bargeguod. (various references) | |
German | Schweinefleisch, Schwein (bastard, heel, hog, pig, razorback, swine, yahoo). (various references) | |
Greek | χοιρινό κρέασ, χοιρινό. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חזיר (hog, pig, sucker, swine), בשר חזיר (bacon, ham). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sertéshús (pig), disznóhús. (various references) | |
Icelandic | flesk. (various references) | |
Indonesian | daging babi (bacon), babi (hog, pig, swine). (various references) | |
Irish | muiceoil. (various references) | |
Italian | maiale (grunter, hog, pig, swine). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 豚肉. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ポーク , ぶたにく. (various references) | |
Kongo | mbizi a ngulu. (various references) | |
Korean | 돼지 (hog, PIG, swine). (various references) | |
Macedonian | svinsko. (various references) | |
Malay | daging babi. (various references) | |
Manx | feill vuc. (various references) | |
Maori | miiti poaka. (various references) | |
Maya | ibil-keeken (pork and beans). (various references) | |
Norwegian | svinekjøtt. (various references) | |
Papago | kohji chuhkug. (various references) | |
Papiamen | carni' porco. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orkpay.(various references) | |
Polish | wieprzowina. (various references) | |
Portuguese | carne de porco. (various references) | |
Provencal | pòrc. (various references) | |
Romanian | carne de porc (pig). (various references) | |
Romansch | portg (pig). (various references) | |
Romany | balichkanò. (various references) | |
Ruanda | inyama yingurube. (various references) | |
Russian | свинина (pig). (various references) | |
Samoan | puaa (pig). (various references) | |
Scottish | muicfheoil, durraidh. (various references) | |
Sepedi | nama ya kolobe. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svinjsko meso, svinjski (hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish), svinjetina. (various references) | |
Shona | nyama yenguruve. (various references) | |
Spanish | carne de cerdo. (various references) | |
Sranan | agumeti. (various references) | |
Swedish | fläsk (bacon, flesh), svinkött, griskött. (various references) | |
Turkish | domuz eti, domuz etí, domuz (boar, grunter, hog, pig, porcine, swine), ödenek (allocation, allowance, appropriation, award, fund, grant, grant-in-aid, supply). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | свиня (hog, pig, sow, swine), свинина (hog, pig). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chức vị. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | porcina, porcus, Taenia solium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pork": porker, porkers, porkier, porkies, porkiest, porkpie, porkpies, porks, porkwood, porkwoods, porky. (additional references) | |
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"Pork" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aork, bork, gork, iork, kork, opr, perik, Perkpc, Pforr, phor, pirk, pobr, poik, pok, Pokrov, pomr, ponk, pook, poori, por, pora, porc, porce, porci, porco, porg, pori, porke, porm, poro, porq, porr, porra, Porro, posk, Poski, prk, prok, Pronk, purk, purko, pyrk, rork, Zork. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pork" (pronounced pô"rk) |
| 3 | -ô" r k | Cork, fork, stork, torque, uncork, Wark. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "k-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: kop, kor, pro. | |
-2 letters: op, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "k-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: poker, porks, porky. | |
+2 letters: pokers, pokier, porker, workup. | |
+3 letters: caprock, kouprey, krypton, partook, pinwork, pirojki, pockier, porkers, porkier, porkies, porkpie, prebook, precook, prerock, presoak, prework, provoke, respoke, topwork, workups. | |
+4 letters: backdrop, capework, caprocks, cockspur, crackpot, dropkick, forepeak, koupreys, kryptons, lakeport, openwork, oxpecker, parroket, pinkroot, pinworks, piroshki, pirozhki, pirozhok, pocketer, pockmark, pokeroot, porkiest, porkpies, porkwood, portapak, postmark, prebooks, precooks, presoaks, princock, provoked, provoker, provokes, reaphook, respoken, ropelike, ropewalk, slopwork, soapbark, spookery, spookier, sprocket, topworks, traprock, upstroke, workshop. | |
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