nerk

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nerk

(nɜːk)

a fool, idiot, or insignificant person

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who typically said something closer to "Nerk"), and as a

That's Where Sarah Vaughn Lives": Amiri Baraka, Newark, and the Landscape and Soundscape of Black Modernity

Plaques are also going up at the Brighton venue where Abba won Eurovision in 1974, the Manchester flats where Factory Records were founded and the Berkshire pub where John Lennon and Paul McCartney played their only concert as The Nerk Twins - in front of three people.

Blue plaque for Ziggy's birthplace

The Brighton venue where Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, and the Fox And Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire, where John Lennon and Paul McCartney played their only gig as The Nerk Twins - said to be in front of an audience of just three people - are also on the list.

Blue plaque set for Bowie's ex-studio

JEREMY Corbyn is unelectable not because he is Labour's most left-wing leader since Michael Foot but because he is a charmless nerk.

Put an end to Labour's pain & go Jeremy

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: akin; asker; inker; kaiser; kepi; kern; kina; kinase; kirpan; knap; knar; kris; naker; napkin; nark; nerk; park; parkin; peak; pekan; perk; pika; pike; piker; pink; pinker; prank; prink; rake; raki; rank; rink; risk; sake; saker; saki; sank; sark; sika; sink; sinker; skarn; skean; skein; skep; skier; skin; skinner; skip; snake; snakier; snark; sneak; spake; spank; spanker; spark; speak; spike; SPINNAKER.

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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: airer; airman; arak; arame; area; arena; aria; earmark; earn; emir; inker; kara; karma; karri; kern; kerria; knar; maar; maker; mankier; mare; marina; marine; mariner; mark; marker; merkin; miner; mire; mirk; naira; naker; nark; narkier; near; nerk; rain; RAINMAKER; rake; raker; raki; ramekin; ramie; ramin; rani; rank; ranker; rare; ream; rear; rearm; rein; remain; remark; reran; rime; rink.

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(21) Also on the 30th, a transport in Tanaka's force sent a message, "At 1130 this ship's communication unit intercepted enemy submarine's urgent message to Midway with call sign NERK. Frequency 12,795 kc.

A question of estimates: how faulty intelligence drove scouting at the Battle of Midway

While I hold no brief for the charmless nerk, it does appear that he's already been found guilty by 'You Tube', and that the case before the FA is merely an appeal.

Rovers and out but I'm stoked by response; A VIEW FROM THE GALLOWGATE

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