Bork

Word BORK
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Definitions and meanings of "Bork"

What do we mean by bork?

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

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The word "bork" in example sentences

Twenty-two years later, Bork is remembered more as a verb -- to "bork" -- which conservative columnist William Safire defined as to engage in a vicious attack on "a candidate or appointee, especially by misrepresentation in the media." ❋ Unknown (2009)

February 18th, 2010 at 2: 00 pm hey! bork is an A’ ❋ Unknown (2010)

Far from the fictional underpinnings of the verb "bork," Judge Sotomayor has been the victim of journalistic malpractice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Souter's views on contentious issues were unknown, and the Bush administration wanted a nominee with no "paper trail" that could be used by Senate Democrats to "bork" him. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Also if you select text from a web page, message, or composition window, you can right-click and "bork" a copy of the text to the clipboard and paste it back into a text editor, form, or message. ❋ Softpedia Mac OS (2010)

Bork! also works with Thunderbird and will automatically "bork" messages marked as junk. ❋ Softpedia Mac OS (2010)

It can also "bork" based on sender address, again using a list of patterns you create. ❋ Softpedia Mac OS (2010)

In some circumstances it's useful, such as when I need to email a client (or friend for that matter) a ridiculously long URL that I * know* their mail client it going to bork, meaning they have to copy pasta into notepad or just think I sent them a broken link ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm just glad to have found out what the word "bork" means. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have no idea if my update will make battery better or worse, I just wanted to say nice use of the word "bork" in a sentence. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They coined a verb, to bork, to refer to the unfair blocking of a judicial nominee. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

I think a general rule of “it takes three failed rolls to totally bork you” is a good one. kelvingreen ❋ Unknown (2009)

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