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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-95/
- Published: 2020-04-30T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-30T01:24:19.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

The word for today is…

bork (verb) – 1\. to incorrectly configure a device, especially a computer.  
2\. to cause damage to.  
3\. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (jocular US) to disrespect or vilify, especially in order to obstruct a person’s appointment to public office

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bork?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : “To discredit a candidate for some position by savaging his or her career and beliefs,” 1987, from name of U.S. jurist Robert H. Bork, whose Supreme Court nomination in 1987 was rejected after an intense counter-campaign.

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