borking

See also: Borking

English

Etymology

From bork + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːkiŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹkiŋ/
• Hyphenation: bork‧ing

Noun

borking (plural borkings)

1. (ambitransitive, US, politics, often derogatory) The act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
   • 2006 October 30, Jeffrey Lord, “Borking Rush”, in American Spectator‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 October 2017:

     Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later.

Verb

borking

1. present participle and gerund of bork.

Alternative forms

• Borking

Anagrams

• broking