gorp
See also: GORP
English
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editEtymology
editThe Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb gorp (“to eat greedily”). The occasionally theorized "good old raisins and peanuts" or "granola, oats, raisins, peanuts" are probably backronyms.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɹp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)p
Noun
editgorp (uncountable)
- A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement for use while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc.
- 1974, Sue Ellin Browder, The American Biking Atlas & Touring Guide, Workman Pub. Co., →ISBN, page XXIII:
- Before you take off, pack food for picnics and snacks. Experienced biking adventurers usually fill a plastic bag with a quick-energy concoction called "gorp" (good-old-raisins-and-peanuts). Create your own gorp according to taste.
- 1985, Anne Tyler, chapter 19, in The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN, page 307:
- “They were living in their pajamas so as not to have too much laundry. They were eating gorp for their suppers.”
“I'm not even going to ask what gorp is,” Sarah said,
“It's a mixture of wheat germ and nuts and dried—”
- 1996 September 24, Brian M. Parks, “gorp”, in rec.backcountry[1] (Usenet):
- i also take some cheese and hard salami and crackers which are normally not contained in gorp to give even more variety. variety is the key here, and a bag of gorp curtails this.....unless of course you wish to pack ten different varieties of gorp with you :^)
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editFurther reading
edit- “gorp”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “gorp”, in Collins English Dictionary.