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bork

(bɔːk)

vb (tr)

1. to incorrectly configure a device, esp a computer

2. to cause damage to

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) jocular US to disrespect or vilify, esp in order to obstruct a person's appointment to public office

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bork

(bɔrk)
v.t.

to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, esp. in the media.

[1988, Amer.; after Judge Robert H. Bork, whose appointment to the Supreme Court was blocked in 1987 after an extensive media campaign by his opponents]

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We shall let you humans live, so long as you can provide us with food that borks good."

"Yes, the word is bork. On our planet, if it is bork it is good."

"Well, I don't want to disillusion you guys, but we're not big on bork these days."

Excellent bork. It made us think we want to live here."

"You bet it's excellent bork! Say, I'm starting to like you little green guys.

"No, no, no, I mean, you and me, we agree on this bork thing, OK?

Love bork or die!

Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork are making a concerted effort to portray him as an open-minded moderate.

In the October 1, 1983, issue of The Nation, I analyzed Bork's 1971 article to show what his general approach to the Constitution would mean for one highly valued tradition.

Journal exchange was in progress, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, on which Bork sits, heard arguments in Ollman v.

It would be ungenerous to dismiss the Ollman opinion as merely an attempt by Bork to counter the image of himself-- broadcast to 340,000 lawyers by the official publication of the organized bar--as a menace to the free speech tradition.

Nor should they be deluded into thinking the Ollman opinion a significant departure from Bork's earlier philosophy.