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Bork
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bork börk
English
Pronunciation
en /bɔː(ɹ)k/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bork.wav Southern England
en ɔː(ɹ)k 1
en bork
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
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Etymology 2
Verb
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en bork.
en w:Steven Pinker Broken Telephone Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language New York, N.Y. w:Basic Books 1999 978-0-465-07269-9 New York, N.Y. Basic Books 2015 59 https://books.google.com/books?id=2cEuBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 978-0-465-07270-5 That's the third nominee the Republicans have Borken this season. on
en 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] https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=151&wit_id=51 https://web.archive.org/web/20080921121115/http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=151&wit_id=51 21 September 2008 w:United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 7 February 2002 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.
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