jerkdar

English

Etymology

From jerk +‎ -dar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

jerkdar (uncountable)

1. (slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is a jerk.
   • 2001 December 7, Big J [username], “Re: David Spade dating 6ft. Caprice”, in alt.gossip.celebrities‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Yeah, he's blipped mine, too. But he's beating the hell out of my Dorkdar® and Jerkdar® so much that I can't get an accurate reading from the Gaydar® -- it's such a *sensitive* instrument, you know.

   • 2005, Angela Thompson, Where the Heck Is That Place Called Hope?, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68:

     I'm not a big fan of jerks, so it is good they are so easy to identify and to avoid. Your newfound “jerkdar” could be interpreted as a silver lining.

   • 2006, Debra Webb, Never Happened, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 90:

     Knew it all too well from a couple of jerks she'd dated before her jerkdar had kicked in fully at age twenty.