Who are you calling a Berk?
I never knew the word Berk had such an incredibly rude origin.
“The usage is dated to the 1930s. A shortened version of Berkeley Hunt, the hunt based at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. In the Cockney rhyming slang, hunt is made to rhyme with c**t giving the word berk its original slang meaning.” - source
Hat Tip: Clair
3 years ago • Notes