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what is the origin of the term "borked"?
is it Robbie Borka, one of the TA's from NCSU? i remember hearing about the termed borked back on brentroad.com back in the day.... but now that is see it on here i wonder if it has the same etymology..... i know there are a bunch of NC peeps on here too..... and at least a few who claim NCSU as their alma mater |
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I use borked all the time, along with horked. I've never been to NC, or anywhere on the east coast. No idea where I got it from, or if it was spontanious.
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"Borked" is a term that's at least five or six old. I suspect it came about as most leet-speek was born from the evolution of the Internet. It's probably much older than that, but became more popular during this era. I've seen it in chats and web pages for years; it's hardly specific to North Carolina or NCSU and definitely not your TA.
edit: Heck, even UrbanDictionary has "bork" posted from 2001; so, it must be much older than that. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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5-6 would be about right... i first saw it my freshman year at NCSU which would be fall of 2000 or spring of 2006
this isn't his first account from back in the day on the website but this is the only screenname i can remember belonging to the borka http://www.brentroad.com/photo_folder.aspx?user=9350 he was a bit of a tool on their and people started using his named for things that were fucked up urban dictionary's first entry for Bork is from October 17th 2001...... i've heard it before then in reference to the TA from NCSU..... it also lists borka as meaning the same thing http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=borka another reference for robbie borka http://bitterwaitress.com/std/index....tail=1&id=1324 Last edited by intlplby : 2006-02-02 at 11:05. |
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The new phrase is "Alito-ed".
EDIT: ha...709 and me, same time, same train of thought. |
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Borked is probably my favorite webism / tech jargon word. But I always thought it came from the Crazy Chef on the Muppets. "Mmm bork, Bork, BORK!"
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broke borke bork bork = broke. borked/borken = broken. Simple as that. I should add that I'm a second-year senior at NCSU, staring also from fall of 2000, and I've never once heard "bork" in reference to the guy you mentioned. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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gg, 709
Robbie Borka's first screenname on there was panthersny |
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Whenver I see Bork, I think of the justice noimnee Robert Bork.
A perfect fit. |
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i just check your website, brad..... i think i've met you..... what is your major and what dorm were you in freshman year?
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Computer science, of course. Over the years, it's been Sullivan, then Bragaw, then off campus.
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Like everyone is saying... it came from the strategy used against Reagan's justice nominee Robert Bork in 1987.
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Not sayin', just sayin'
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I assumed it came from Bork's abortive try at the Supreme Court back in the Reagan years, though I like to think it has more to do with:
Mmm... bork! bork! (Seriously, who the flying fig is this NCSU dude? Never heard of him in NJ, NY, Rome or anywhere else I've heard the term used.) |
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Robert Bork, 1987?
Then where were the instances of popular usage in the 1990's? I've only seen it used in the leetspeak way, involving web pages, computers, or other digital drudgery. |
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I still say it came from the Muppets.
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FFL it's stiill used in political talk... was referenced during the Roberts and Alito nominations recently. I think it has mutated into something else at some point by people who may not have known it's origins. At face value "borked" does sound like something is messed up, broken etc.
There are some references in the Robert Bork Wiki as to it's possible first use as verb... Quote:
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I've always seen b0rked in the same light as pr0n, or t3h.
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i was in sullivan freshman year.... 407B .... that's probably where i met you.... i was a physics major for 2 years before i did study abroad...... where you in the honors or scholars program
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