bork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːk/
ipa: /boɹk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: borks
form: borking
form: borked
form: borked
form: borken
Etymology: Possibly derived from borken, a deliberate misspelling of the word broken used in ironic or humorous contexts; or from the usage described under “Etymology 1” above.
Alternatively, sourced from the Muppet's Swedish Chef, see Swedish Chef
Senses: examples: text: The first time I tried the test machine that I got, I borked the configuration pretty badly (I.e., I inverted the interfaces among other things).
ref: 2001–2006, Oskar Andreasson, “Commercial Products Based on Linux, iptables and netfilter”, in Iptables Tutorial 1.2.2, [s.l.]: Oskar Andreasson, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2017, page 327:
text: Angie sat back and stared at the screen. Well, that screwed her up good and proper. Go to the brass with information that might put her in the slam … or go it solo and risk borking up the situation even worse than it was already.
ref: 2014 January, Naomi Kramer, Yesterday’s Cat: Episode 1: Before the Storm, [Los Gatos, Calif.]: Smashwords, →ISBN:
text: Even if I hadn't borked my own governor module, the emergency feed took priority, and it was chaotic, too, with the automated HubSystem wanting data and trying to send me data I didn't need yet and Mensah sending me telemetry from the hopper.
ref: 2017, Martha Wells, chapter 1, in All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries), New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN:
text: Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is Borking Razer Machines [title] […] As we pondered the question earlier today "we wonder if the Fall Creators Update of Windows 10 will bork anyone's machine", we had a feeling it wouldn't take long to find out. Razer, the high-end gaming manufacturer which is about to enter the gaming phone market, is finding that its products are being hit by the curse of Windows update.
ref: 2017 October 18, Chris Merriman, “Microsoft’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is Borking Razer Machines: Oh Microsoft … Not Again …”, in The Inquirer, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2017:
glosses: To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
examples: text: Sometimes Windows system files get messed up (the technical term is "borked"). In those cases, Microsoft has a program called Refresh that scans and fixes all the system files, without changing your settings, removing any installed programs, or blasting your data.
ref: 2014, Woody Leonhard, “Maintaining Your System”, in Windows 8.1 All-in-One for Dummies (For Dummies), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: The building is currently occupied by Benetton, but we could be about to see the beautiful range of multi-ethnic models in overpriced clothes replaced by models that get borked with every upgrade … oh, and are also overpriced.
ref: 2017 September 22, Chris Merriman, “Microsoft is Looking at Opening a London Flagship Store at Oxford Circus: It’s so Close to the Apple Store, You’ll be Able to Piggyback the WiFi”, in The Inquirer, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2017:
glosses: To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.
Derived terms: word: borked
word: borkage
word: borky