real porker

1 9.9

A person who eats too much food

noun

Offensive

: cerdo (insulto)

After the third helping of dessert, everyone called him a real porker at the table.

Examples

As a kid, he was always called a real porker because of how much he loved candy.
When it comes to pizza, she turns into a real porker and can't stop eating.
Don't be such a real porker—leave some food for the rest of us!
He's a real porker when it comes to dessert.
My brother is a real porker at family dinners.
Whenever there was pizza, she transformed into a real porker, devouring slice after slice.
During the holidays, he turned into a real porker, indulging in every dessert on the table.

Synonyms

hog

vsreal porker

Offensive

30 4.1

A selfish person who takes more than their fair share

is an informal eating label but can apply to selfishness generally

glutton

vsreal porker

Offensive

14 7.0

A person who eats or drinks more than they need

is an informal name sharing excess but with lighter, colloquial tone

devourer

vsreal porker

4 7.2

A person or animal that eats a lot very quickly

is an informal term focused on greedy eating rather than creature imagery

gourmand

vsreal porker

2 8.1

A person who loves eating and drinking, often too much

is an informal name that focuses on greed rather than culinary pleasure

big eater

vsreal porker

2 3.0

A person who eats a lot of food

is an informal term that highlights greedy intent rather than mere quantity

overeater

vsreal porker

2 3.3

A person who often eats more food than their body needs

is an informal label stressing greedy behaviour rather than habitual excess only

gobbler

vsreal porker

1 7.9

A person who eats too quickly and greedily

is an informal name that stresses greed rather than exact manner

greedy guts

vsreal porker

Offensive

1 8.4

A person who eats or takes more than their fair share of food

is an informal label about overeating rather than fairness only

swiller

vsreal porker

Offensive

1 8.6

A person who drinks too much alcohol

is an informal eating label that excludes strong alcohol focus

gorger

vsreal porker

9.8

A person who eats quickly and greedily

is an informal label focused on greedy eating rather than speed

scoffer

vsreal porker

Archaic

9.9

A person who eats food very quickly and greedily

is an informal tag about greedy eating rather than just rapid action

wolfer

vsreal porker

Offensive

9.9

A person who eats very fast and with little table manners

is an informal label for greedy eating rather than rude behaviour only

gormandizer

vsreal porker

Archaic

9.4

A person who eats too much in a greedy way

is an informal expression about greedy eating rather than formal description

walking dustbin

vsreal porker

Offensive

9.5

A person who eats a lot of junk food messily

is an informal term about greedy eating rather than messy diet only

How Greedy

real porker

Offensive

1 9.9

overeater

2 3.3

nosher

Informal

1 9.6

Surface Forms

real porker singular

real porkers plural

Morphology

real + porker

The intensifier 'real' (very) combined with 'porker' (built from 'pork' + agentive -er, implying pig/one associated with pork) gives a partially predictable meaning of a very pig‑like eater. The animal‑metaphor for gluttony is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows 'pork' and 'real' could plausibly infer someone who eats greedily, but the colloquial/derogatory nuance and low lexical transparency of 'porker' make the sense not fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Real porker may come from the picture of a greedy pig, because porker is a word for a pig that eats a lot. That's why calling someone a real porker means 'someone who eats too much'.