Pronounced: OR-fik, adj
Notes: You may know one of the meanings
Yesterday’s word
The word rort means
- a fraudulent scheme or practice
- a wild party
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
Our word is another back-formation from rorty (boisterous; lively; jolly) – rorty is around 60 years older than our word, and its origin is uncertain. I’ve never heard of rorty or rort (maybe because I don’t go to those kind of parties).
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