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• Gorp was used in Manchester when I was young in the 1950's. It was used to describe a person considered to have low intelligence or awareness.

  Joe is a right gorp. He's 7 and can't tell the time.

  Last edited on Jun 26 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 26 2022.

adjective

• a lanky person.

  He's got snow on his hair.

  Last edited on Jun 26 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 12 2017.

noun

• trail mix. An acronym for "good ol' raisins and peanuts".

  We should make some gorp to bring on the hike today.

  • See more words with the same meaning: food.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

• Boondocks, rough country, out of bounds.

  I hit my drive into the Gorp.

  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 03 2012.

• an unintelligent person; "berk". Possibly coined by Ricky Gervais.

  That bloke is a right gorp.

  We used the word gorp in the 70s in Lancashire. Defininitely nothingto do with Ricky Gervais.

  Definitely used before Gervais was born.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on Jun 26 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 09 2013.

• a person who farts in the bathtub and bites the resulting bubbles.

  Last edited on Feb 21 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 31 2014.

noun

• a compliment given in exchange for a compliment. That is: person #1 has heard a compliment about person #2, but person #1 wants to hear a compliment about themselves before they'll tell person #2 the compliment they heard about them. Also called "trade last".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Vol. IV, No. 2", The Regional Review, February 1940 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Aug 21 2013. Submitted by mp0808 from Westfield, NJ, USA on Aug 09 2013.