name
Meaning 1
A surname
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Standard Lemma guide
borg
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɔːɡ/
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General-American: /bɔɹɡ/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
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CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of cyborg.
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of BORG.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
One who proselytises or assimilates.
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Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 5
Acronym of blackout rage gallon (“A cheap cocktail made for college partying, typically brightly colored and made with a full bottle of hard liquor (fifth to 750mL to 1L to 1qt), 2L to 2qt of water, water flavoring (such as Kool-Aid, Hawaiian Tropic, Mio Energy Drops), and caffeine drink powder, mixed in a gallon plastic milk jug, with electrolyte drink making the remainder of the gallon”).
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Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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verb
Meaning 6
Alternative spelling of Borg.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 7
To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.
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Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 8
To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- 2001, Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews Intel wants to Borg us!
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History
Etymology
* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from various places derived from Old Norse borg (“stronghold”). * As a north/Low German surname, this is the Low German form of the surname Burg. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish בורג (burg, “credit”), from Middle High German borgen (“to lend, borrow”), from Old High German borgēn. * As a Maltese surname, from the noun borġ (“tower, stronghold”), distantly related to the first two senses above.
Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.
From the Star Trek franchise, in which the Borg are a cyborg race intent on converting all other life into their own kind; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.