English

Porkulus

Blend of pork + stimulus, coined by Rush Limbaugh in January 2009.

Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- ‘colored’

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Proto-Italic *porkos ‘pig’

Latin porcus ‘domestic hog, pig’

Old French porc ‘swine, hog, pig’

Middle English pork ‘pork (pig meat)’

English pork

Latin stimulus ‘goad, prick’

The story

Blend of pork + stimulus, coined by Rush Limbaugh in January 2009.

name The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Porkulus