adj
porky
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adj
1
Rather fat or chubby.
"He joked about getting a bit porky over the holidays."
noun
1
British slang for a lie.
"Stop telling porkies and just admit you forgot."
How to Use Porky
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither "a bit overweight", or, in British slang, a fib or lie (usually as "porkies").
When to use it
"Porkies" for lies is informal British slang and won't be understood outside the UK.
Word Forms
porkier comparative, porkies plural, porkies plural, porkiest superlative
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Etymology
From "pork" plus "-y". The slang sense for a lie comes from Cockney rhyming slang: "pork pies" rhymes with "lies".