Sentence:  The verb first appeared in print in 1988, enclosed in quotation marks, as in the "Chicago Tribune" of November 20, 1988: “Honest disagreement is one thing; ‘<WSD>borking</WSD>' is something else.” In February 1989, Republican Senator w 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. (from 1987)