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borg¹
- /bɔːɡ/ UK
- /bɔɹɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.
noun borgs
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Synonym of cyborg.
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 borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget.
Similar: cyborg
verb borgs · borging · borged
- Alternative spelling of Borg
borg²
- /bɔːɡ/ UK
- /bɔɹɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
noun borgs
- Alternative form of BORG
Borg³
- /bɔːɡ/ UK
- /bɔɹɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
* 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.
proper noun Borgs
- A surname
Borg⁴
- /bɔːɡ/ UK
- /bɔɹɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
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.
noun Borgs · Borg · borg
- One who proselytises or assimilates. 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.
verb Borgs · Borging · Borged · borg
- To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation. 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 Borg us. The fact that some are still
- To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them. We already do it and they tell us they're going to Borg us with fucking stuff into our brains and we won't have to talk to each other.
BORG⁵
noun BORGs · Borg · borg
- 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”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lamp, fire, commissioner, deposit, guarantee, borgia, stein, graham, burg, warner, karlson, biorg, bioborg, cyborg, bion, fyborg
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