bork

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a…

   To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

   • I feel strongly that he [Senator John Tower] is being borked. … The charges that have been leveled at him have all proved groundless, baseless.
2. 2

   To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.

   • The first time I tried the test machine that I got, I borked the configuration pretty badly (I.e., I inverted the interfaces among other things).
   • Angie sat back and stared at the screen. Well, that screwed her up good and proper. Go to the brass with information that might put her in the slam … or go it solo and risk borking up the situation even worse than it was already.
3. 3

   To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.

   • The building is currently occupied by Benetton, but we could be about to see the beautiful range of multi-ethnic models in overpriced clothes replaced by models that get borked with every upgrade … oh, and are also overpriced.
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   1. 4

      The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish…

      The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.

   2. 5

      The sound that a dog makes.

      • Understanding doggo memes requires a previous knowledge of doggo meme jargon, including words such as bamboozled (a word that basically signifies confusion in any context) and bork (for a dog’s bark).
   3. 6

      Of a dog, to bark.

      • Dogs become “doggo”, “floofs” and “puppers” and they “bork” rather than bark.
      • And now, a Doge can bork — Tumblr doggo slang for barking or being aggressive.
   4. 7

      To boink

      To boink; to have sex with.

   5. 8

      To retch or vomit.

      • He tweeted: “Barf!! @BurgerKingUK thanks for [sic] Hygeine standards. How many hairs did I eat b4 realising?? Borked!!!”
      • She told the ECHO : "I can't open my windows because it makes me want to bork."
   6. 9

      A surname.

   7. 10

      Alternative letter-case form of bork.

      • That's the third nominee the Republicans have Borken this season.
      • After an eight-year hiatus, these groups are back on the scene, ready to implement an apparent vicious strategy of Borking any judicial nominee who happens to disagree with their view of how the world should be.

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