bork

Meanings

Verb

• To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
• To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
• To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.
• (of a dog) To bark
• To boink.

Noun

• The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki (species)), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.
• The sound a dog makes.

Origin

• A reference to the unsuccessful 1987 United States Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork (1927–2012); first appeared in print that same year.
• Possibly derived from borken, an intentional misspelling of the word broken used in ironic or humorous contexts; or from the usage described under “Etymology 1” above.
• From the species name of Pagothenia borchgrevinki (species).
• Mutation of bark.
• Perhaps from a .