variants:
or less commonly Bork
borked also Borked; borking also Borking; borks also Borks
Definition of bork
(Entry 1 of 2)
US politics, informal
: to attack or defeat (a nominee or candidate for public office) unfairly through an organized campaign of harsh public criticism or vilification
In any event, seeing one of their own being borked may itself energize the conservative base, even beyond what a conservative nomination would do.— Mark Tushnet In 1987, conservative judge Robert Bork endured such virulent criticism … that to this day, a nominee sidelined by activists is said to have been "borked."— Claire Suddath
bork
verb (2)
borked; borking; borks
Definition of bork (Entry 2 of 2)
slang
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The first known use of bork was in 1987
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