dorkify

English

Etymology

dork +‎ -ify

Verb

dorkify (third-person singular simple present dorkifies, present participle dorkifying, simple past and past participle dorkified)

  1. (slang, transitive) To make dorky.
    • 2004, Hampton Sides, Americana: dispatches from the new frontier, page 16:
      If they think about him at all, they're inclined to blame him for commodifying, and therefore dorkifying, their pure underground pursuit.
    • 2009, Micol Ostow, David Ostow, So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother (page 97)
      It's amazing—what he lacks in finesse he makes up for in sheer willingness to dorkify himself.
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