Adjective, : a porky child. From Dictionary.com.
First the term 'porky' was coined, followed by 'jumbo,' and then 'butterball.'. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Taylor: The Best 'Stay Fat' Strategies] Reference
In fact, the first corpulent words were "porky" in the 1860's; "jumbo" in the 1880's; and "butterball" in the 1890s. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Taylor: Fat In America: "Hey, FATSO!"] Reference
Exactly ... and yet the "porky" amendments continue. From Wordnik.com. [GOPUSA] Reference
You can't get much more "porky" than that; a system based on a flawed premise, that has proven in practise to be impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference
How much longer can this porky lying freak survive?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Kyl Abandons His Cry For Televised Closed-Door Senate Negotiations Now That He’s In The Back Room] Reference
PCL LinkDump: Chop Suey Rock and other porky dishes. From Wordnik.com. [Chop Suey Rock and other porky dishes.] Reference
He was sorta porky, and a little older than most of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
Plus the federal spending bill full of porky pet projects?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2009] Reference
And the fat is what gives the ham its plush, porky flavor. From Wordnik.com. [High on the Hog] Reference
MISS ANN: Careful, porky, you're not a disc jockey anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Gerstenzang: Reservoir Dog Republicans] Reference
Then again, I'd look porky riding next to Meredith Miller too. From Wordnik.com. [Posable Figures: Playing With Yourself] Reference
January 11th, 2010 - 1:04:06 PM this list lack of porky and gyigas. From Wordnik.com. [15 Greatest Videogame Villains | Manolith] Reference
It weighs about 3,800 pounds, making it porky for a car of this size. From Wordnik.com. [Video: 2011 Chevrolet Volt highlights from Consumer Reports track] Reference
It was a bad bill — off point, porky and philosophically incoherent. From Wordnik.com. [From 'Yes, We Can,' to 'No! Don't!] Reference
He says Americans don't care about what he calls tiny porky amendments. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2009] Reference
Too expensive and porky, if they can't get one word properly translated. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Relations With U.S., Europe Improve: But Putin, Medvedev Understand Strength, Power More than Diplomacy] Reference
So today, I had to cave and ask the porky high school cashier to help me. From Wordnik.com. [haloaskew Diary Entry] Reference
"So tell me, is his mother really that porky, or is it just the picture?". From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]
The reverend, a porky man with a red nose, hadn't known her with any depth. From Wordnik.com. [Drop Shot]
What if you had eaten this porky veal while pursuing a kosher or halal diet?. From Wordnik.com. [French winemakers found guilty in pinot noir fraud | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
And a porky (though perhaps necessary) stimulus bill can never be a movement. From Wordnik.com. [Where OFA Belongs in the Fight: Health Care] Reference
And he may change his mind about that cute little tiny, porky amendment stuff. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2009] Reference
COLLINS: So, how did all this porky get into a bill aimed at bailing out banks?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2008] Reference
Admittedly, not as high as yours, but still, caught you out telling another porky. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrongs and Rights of Tom Watson] Reference
Yet another perfect bite, mortadella in pastella, a porky, creamy mini-bologna panini. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Levine: The Four-Star Italian We've Been Waiting For] Reference
And how would Toni, porky of temper and silhouette, make the Army's 150-pound weigh-in?. From Wordnik.com. [A Widow In A Deadly Web] Reference
I find it rather amusing that so many people assume that the porky ‘won’ this battle. From Wordnik.com. [Red Bull Can Art Competition] Reference
Maybe he could overcome his beastly tendencies, his porky impulses, to dither on the dark side. From Wordnik.com. [Quoth the Pig Nevermore. Part 2. Porkers of the World Unite! Mail Chauvinist Pig] Reference
Still, the projects pols luv often turn porky in progress; pay-to-play rears its head on the way. From Wordnik.com. [Shovel Ready Xmas/Gifting Our Public Servants (humor)] Reference
As evidenced by every one of her porky-faced school pictures from kindergarten through tenth grade. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Dudley was crammed into an armchair, his porky hands beneath him, clamped firmly around his bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]
Well, it's not crabon beefy nor, you can be assured, is it porky but it does have a lot of welds and gussets around it. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Product Review: Segal Magnesium Road Bicycle] Reference
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