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borked

adj
/bɔːkt/UK/boɹkt/US

Etymology

From bork + -ed.

  1. derived from porcus
  2. derived from porc
  3. inherited from pork
  4. compounded as bork — “boink + pork”
  5. suffixed as borked — “bork + ed”

Definitions

  1. Particularly of computers or other complex devices

    Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.

    • As a PC technician, you're responsible for doing a certain amount of network troubleshooting, but if the router is really borked, it'll require more management than you'd be expected to handle (or be tested on in the A+ exam).
    • Diagnosing a "borked" motherboard can be an exercise in frustration. If an accidental static discharge damaged some of the electronic components on the board, it may be next to impossible to trace down the exact fault.

  2. simple past and past participle of bork.

  3. simple past and past participle of Bork. (Alternative letter-case form of borked.)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for borked. 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