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border gore

noun

Etymology

From border + gore (“murder, bloodshed, violence”), jokingly suggesting that such borders are so gruesome they might cause someone to become physically ill.

  1. derived from *gʷʰer-✻ — “hot; warm”
  2. inherited from *gurą✻ — “half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”
  3. inherited from *gor✻
  4. inherited from gor — “manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”
  5. inherited from gore
  6. compounded as border gore — “border + gore”

Definitions

  1. Political borders which appear extremely messy and unaesthetic when viewed on a map,…

    Political borders which appear extremely messy and unaesthetic when viewed on a map, typically due to being extremely jagged or involving many enclaves.

    • You started a world war, killing millions, just to fix some of your border gore?
    • For the most part, you can enjoy a game of Crusader Kings II without ever playing as a merchant republic. Although, it's worth noting that their trade posts can cause quite the border gore when using its specific map mode.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for border gore. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA