bork

Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение bork в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь: börk

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение bork в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To fire an honest government official in an attempt to prevent embarrassment to and exposure of a dishonest government officeholder who has conspired to commit high crimes (term first used by the National Lampoon Radio Hour in to describe the 1973 firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox by Solicitor General Robert Bork in the "Saturday Night Massacre" orchestrated by Bork and President Richard Nixon); To misconfigure, especially a computer or other complex device; To break or damage; an offence which the player thowing in to a line-out moves his arms as if to throw the ball, but does not release it. This incurs an immediate free-kick against the original line-out takers; To defeat a judicial nomination through a concerted attack on the nominee's character, background and philosophy
Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the 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 Smith years later.

bork

Турецкое произношение

bôrk

Произношение

/ˈbôrk/ /ˈbɔːrk/

Этимология

() * Possibly derived from borken, which is an intentional misspelling of the word broken (e.g. The computer is borken). The word is often used in ironic or humorous contexts. * Possibly derived from a word used repeatedly by the Swedish Chef of the Muppets. In various skits, the Chef often repeats the phrase bork, bork, bork. The word may refer to the often-failed experiments in the Chef's cooking adventures.