Borking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɔːkiŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Borking is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of bork.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of bork.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- borkings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include borkage, botchery, blackening, butchering, thwarting, buttonholing.
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