borked

See also: Borked

English

Etymology

From bork +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːkt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /boɹkt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kt

Adjective

borked (comparative more borked, superlative most borked)

(slang, humorous) Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
- 2011, Ben Conry, 31 Days Before Your CompTIA A+ Exams, Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 175:
  As a PC technician, you're responsible for doing a certain amount of network troubleshooting, but if the router is really borked, it'll require more management than you'd be expected to handle (or be tested on in the A+ exam).
- 2012, Ben Conry, “Troubleshooting Storage Devices, Motherboards, and Power Supplies”, in 31 Days before Your CompTIA A+ Exams, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 129:
  Diagnosing a "borked" motherboard can be an exercise in frustration. If an accidental static discharge damaged some of the electronic components on the board, it may be next to impossible to trace down the exact fault.
- 2017 October 4, Chris Merriman, “Indiana Couple Defraud Amazon to the Tune of $1.2m … and You’ve been Done”, in The Inquirer‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2017:
  Using hundreds of false identities, the couple ordered electronics, including GoPro digital cameras, Microsoft Xboxes and Samsung smartwatches, then claimed that they were borked in some way. The couple then demanded replacements, before selling them on to a third party, […]
- 2021 April 20, Andy Greenberg, “The Cold War Over Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines”, in Wired‎^[2], →ISSN:
  After finding a few initial customers at Burger Kings and Super Duper Burgers, they finally began to tap into their real target market, the franchisees who not only represented the biggest single collection of Taylor machine owners but the ones who used the most complex, most often borked digital version of Taylor’s product: McDonald’s.

Verb

borked

simple past and past participle of bork.

Alternative forms

Borked

Anagrams

broked