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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
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what kind of people is a dork?

"You know that we have always walked a fine line in order to protect our people without becoming a danger ourselves."

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What kind of PERSON (singular) is a dork - Dork isn't used as much these days. It's a slang word and is negative. A dork is similar to a jerk.

— BarbaraPA

  • What kind of PERSON (singular) is a dork - Dork isn't used as much these days.
  • It's a slang word and is negative.
  • A dork is similar to a jerk.
  • Or nerd or a geek (though geek isn't quite so negative, I hope).
  • Someone who asks dumb questions, isn't very cooperative, isn't popular, is perhaps more smart than good looking.
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What kind of PERSON (singular) is a dork - Dork isn't used as much these days. It's a slang word and is negative. A dork is similar to a jerk. Or nerd or a geek (though geek isn't quite so negative, I hope). Someone who asks dumb questions, isn't very cooperative, isn't popular, is perhaps more smart than good looking. "Don't be such a dork!" is a common way to use it, meaning you should be eas
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walk a fine line: play a balancing act between opposing tendencies, etc, like a circus artist on a wire
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thank you very much. ***, english is so complicated
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Kanonathenathank you very much. ***, english is so complicated

you might want to buy Spears, Dictionary of American Idioms, a very good book, and learn 10 idioms (or more ) a day

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thank you.

is this only used in America? I'm living in Australia right now
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Kanonathenais this only used in America? I'm living in Australia right now

I'd say there are many general idioms too, but it's focussed on US usage indeed.
You might want to look also at the Cambridge Idiom Dictionary for your part of the world, not sure.
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