Ort Noun (awrt) Meaning: a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. Usually, orts Quotes ... the poor thought that the rich were entirely in the right of it to lead a jolly life; besides, their feasting caused a multiplication of orts , which were the heirlooms of the poor. -- George Eliot, Silas Marner , 1861 ORIGIN Ort entered English in the 1400s. Low German ort and early Dutch oorete are cognates Throttlebottom Noun (THROT-l-bot-uh m) Meaning: (sometimes lowercase ) a harmless incompetent in public office Quotes If there was one function that any vice president, even a Throttlebottom , could be expected to perform it was to represent the president and the country at funerals of notables abroad. -- Carl Solberg, Hubert Humphrey: A Biography , 1984 ORIGIN The term Throttlebottom was formed after the character Alexander Throttlebottom in the musical comedy Of Thee I Sing (1932)