Gink

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person regarded as odd, foolish, or contemptible
2. Someone viewed as ridiculous or lacking in sense and good judgment
3. An individual considered peculiar or stupid in manner or behavior

Etymology: "Gink" is a slang noun for a person, usually a man, who is regarded as odd or eccentric. Its origin is unclear. Possible links have been proposed to two older words: "kink," in the sense of a quirk or twist of the mind, and "geck," a word for a fool or dupe that also gave rise to "geek." Both suggestions rest on resemblance in sense rather than on any documented chain of descent, so the word's ancestry remains open. The word's obscurity is part of its story. It appears in American slang and has never become a standard English term, which makes it hard to date its first use or trace its path with any confidence. What can be said is that it belongs to a group of informal words for oddballs, a group that includes "geek," whose own history is similarly tangled with the sense of a foolish or peculiar person.

Synonyms: fool, dupe, sucker, chump