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Borking

//ˈbɔːkiŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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. US, ambitransitive, derogatory, often

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bork. form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of Bork. (Alternative letter-case form of borking.) form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bork + -ing.

Etymology 2

From bork + -ing.

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