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bork

[bawrk]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to cause to malfunction, especially computer hardware or software: The fonts are borked when the site is accessed from a mobile device.
Installing updates in the wrong order will bork all of your saved games.
The fonts are borked when the site is accessed from a mobile device.
to mess up, ruin, break, botch, etc.: Of course I borked my leg on the first day of our ski trip.
He said all of the wrong things during his interview and completely borked his chances of being invited back.
Of course I borked my leg on the first day of our ski trip.

bork

[bawrk]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bork¹

First recorded in 2000–05; perhaps an alteration of break ( def. ), influenced by bork ² ( def. )

Origin of bork²

An Americanism dating back to 1988; after Judge Robert H. Bork, whose appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court was blocked in 1987 after an extensive media campaign by his opponents

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County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork briefly jailed the Weisenbergs and days later order the plant shuttered for failure to comply.

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County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork halted operations at a metal recycling plant that has long been accused of exposing Watts high school students to toxic waste.

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Republicans still smarted from the Senate’s defeat in 1987 of Judge Robert Bork, whose strongly conservative writings convinced critics he was too extreme to be confirmed.

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A.I. deepfakes could bork our information ecosystem even worse than it is already borked, making it so that people can sparsely tell what is real online and what is not.

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County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork said S&W Atlas Iron & Metal can no longer accept or process new materials, “essentially shutting down operations,” according to Los Angeles County Dist.

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