Porks

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The flesh of a pig used as food
2. the meat derived from swine, often cooked in various styles
3. a term sometimes used informally to describe excessive indulgence in something, especially eating or consumption

Etymology: "Porks" is simply the plural of "pork," so the story belongs to the singular. The noun came into Middle English from Old French "porc," meaning swine, hog or pig, and that in turn came from Latin "porcus," a domestic hog. Its nearest English relative is "farrow," a litter of piglets, and both trace back to the same ancient root. English also has an Old English cousin, "fearh," meaning piglet, which shows the animal's name was already in use long before the French meat sense arrived. The meat sense is the one that mattered most for English speakers. The word was in use from the 14th century, but in the 17th century it also became a term of abuse, aimed at people in the way we might call someone a pig. Much later, the "pork barrel" of American politics, a stock of government spending for local projects, gave the word a new figurative life.

Synonyms: pigs, swine