Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions. · A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function. · A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo sedate a patient heavily.
1970–75; perhaps back-formation from gorked (slang), meaning "anesthetized"; apparently an expressive coinage.
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