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bork

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːk/

Definition of bork

verb

[with object] US informal

obstruct (someone, especially a candidate for public office) by systematically defaming or vilifying them: ‘We’re going to bork him’, warned a feminist (as noun borking)is fear of borking scaring people from public office?

Origin:

1980s: from the name of Robert Bork (1927–2012), an American judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court (1987) was rejected following unfavourable publicity for his allegedly extreme views