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borking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɔːkiŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɔɹkiŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From bork + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (US, ambitransitive, derogatory, often) The act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
    • Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later. 2006 October 30, Jeffrey Lord, “Borking Rush”, in American Spectator, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2017:

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borking en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɔːkiŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbɔɹkiŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From bork + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bork.
    form of bork

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