Crossword clues for bork
bork
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1987, "to discredit a candidate for some position by savaging his or her career and beliefs," from name of U.S. jurist Robert H. Bork (1927-2012), whose Supreme Court nomination in 1987 was rejected after an intense counter-campaign.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context US politics often pejorative English) To defeat a judicial nomination through a concerted attack on the nominee's character, background and philosophy. Etymology 2
vb. 1 To misconfigure, especially a computer or other complex device. 2 To break or damage.
Wikipedia
Bork may refer to:
Bork is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. Created by Bob Haney and Neal Adams, the character first appeared in Brave and the Bold series 1 #81 (December 1968) and was later re-introduced in JLA #61/2 (February 2002).
Bork is a manufacturer of home appliances, trading in Russia, CIS countries and Poland. It is a significant producer of household appliances in Russia, in particular, its share of the Russian market of home juicers in 2009 has been estimated as 30-40%. Registered as German company, operates mostly in Moscow, Russia. The company outsources manufacturing in Hungary, Germany, South Korea, China, Italy and France.
Bork's product range includes electrical kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, electric fans, irons, hair dryers, and sports equipment.
Usage examples of "bork".
Tobeszijian tried to go after Faldain himself, but Bork blocked his path.
They are trusty Bork, who is learned in the identification of sea-birds and water-moths.
A vicious media campaign kept Judge Robert Bork off the Supreme Court and has kept many other conservative judges off the lower courts.
Its website denounces every known conservative from judge Robert Bork to Rush Limbaugh.
He stared out into the desert while Bork agitatedly jockeyed his flipper from side to side.
Therewith he made an end, and deeper and longer was the murmur of the host of freemen, amidst which Bork gat him down from the Speech-Hill, his weapons clattering about him, and mingled with the men of his kindred.
Tobeszijian brought him swiftly under control and turned around to squint through the gloom at whatever lay on the ground.
The shock of his arm falling into the icy water brought him back to himself.
He had taken her from the protection of her own people and brought her here among the bigoted, small-minded humans that were his own subjects.
Cringing and screaming, the woman brought up her hands helplessly to shield herself.
He knew that only a fool would venture in here, and yet the Chalice and the Ring had brought him to this place.
Exiting the cave, he gathered up children and Chalice and brought them inside.
Nor would he permit Gavril to drink from the costly and elegant wines, or Klad beer, with its kick to the stomach, or the honeyed mead from the Isles of Saelutia that he had brought with him in a wagon made specially for the purpose.
Gavril had brought his servants, his guards, his books, his dogs, his wines, his velvet hangings, his desk, footstools, weapons, horses, falcons, and prayer-cabinet.
Instead, every day brought the same old boring, outdated drills and practice.