Bork

See also: bork and börk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔː(ɹ)k/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophone: bork

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bork

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

Verb

Bork (third-person singular simple present Borks, present participle Borking, simple past Borked, past participle Borked or Borken)

1. Alternative letter-case form of bork.
   • [1999, Steven Pinker, “Broken Telephone”, in Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, 2015, →ISBN, page 59:

     That's the third nominee the Republicans have Borken this season.]

   • 2002 February 7, Orrin G[rant] Hatch, “Statement of the Honorable Orrin Hatch, United States Senator, Utah [The Nomination of Charles W. Pickering to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Circuit]”, in United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 September 2008:

     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.