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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

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proper noun

(uncountable) A fictional humanoid race in the w:Star Trek, Star Trek universe.

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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
1. Verb, Borg)

Etymology: Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

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