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Borg
noun
A member of a fictional humanoid race in the w:Star Trek, Star Trek universe.
usage note
: Almost never employed in the plural within w:Star Trek, Star Trek novels and films. (In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Infinite Regress", Seven of Nine says "Borg? I hate Borgs" while playing kadis-kot with Naomi Wildman.)
(
slang
) One who proselytises or assimilates.
quotations
2005:"Go for the fun of it (yes, I am one of the
Borgs
) and don't let equipment bother you. Just remember this even when the
Borgs
assimilate you." —
http://www.varp.net/photos/altindex.html
Translations:
proper noun
(
uncountable
) A fictional humanoid race in the w:Star Trek, Star Trek universe.
Translations:
verb
(
slang
) to assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation
quotations
:
2003:"NYTIMES - Microsoft trying to
borg
google." —
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/9479?viscount=100
2004:"The Christians could afford to spend generations converting northern Europe and that's exactly what they did. We have that example from history. We know there are other faiths out there that want to wipe us out, and there are other faiths out there that want to us. The fact that some are still here after decades means we aren't giving in this time, and you're one of the ones here over a decade." —
http://www.talkaboutreligion.com/group/alt.religion.asatru/messages/130372.html
2004:"They are trying to turn you into them. They are trying to
borg
us." —
http://forums.darkenbane.com/showpost.php?p=46395&postcount=1
(
slang
) to turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them
quotations
:
2000:"We already do it and they tell us they're going to us with fucking stuff into our brains and we won't have to talk to each other." — "Charles Hayward",
FREQ
(
http://www.freq.org.uk/hayward.html
online)
2001:"Intel wants to us!" — Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews
?
(
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001sep/bch20010919007931.htm
online)
Etymology:
Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg
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borg
noun
cyborg
quotations
:
2003:"You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget." — "Gotcha Force review", GameFAQs
?
,
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/review/R65377.html
verb
(
alternative spelling of, Borg
Verb, Borg
)
Etymology:
Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg
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