Cor
//kɔɹ// intj, noun
intj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various former units of volume; A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons. historical
- 2 Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, or Contracting Officer's Representative, in U.S. government procurement.
- 3 College of Radiographers, a charitable subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers. uncountable
- 4 Any of various former units of volume; Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure. historical
- 5 European Committee of the Regions, the European Union's assembly of local and regional representatives. uncountable
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- 6 Any of various former units of volume; A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume. historical
- 7 Confederation of Regions Party of Canada, Canadian political party. uncountable
Intj
- 1 Expression of surprise. Cockney, UK
"[…] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days."
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More examples"The distance a golf ball flies off the face of a club is determined in large part by two factors: what the ball is made of, and the so-called coefficient of restitution, or COR, which is a measure of the transfer of energy from the club to the ball."
Etymology
Etymology 1
A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).
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