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  • noun cyborg
  • verb Alternative spelling of Borg.

Etymologies

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Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

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Examples

  • Self-confessed eyeborg Rob Spence's story is a real eye opener ROB Spence uses the word "borg" a lot.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Perhaps we should reserve the term "cyborg" just for the organic cyborgs, and use the word borg to refer to the old-school mechanical cyborgs.

    The Speculist: February 2005 Archives 2005

  • Perhaps we should reserve the term "cyborg" just for the organic cyborgs, and use the word borg to refer to the old-school mechanical cyborgs.

    The Speculist: Cyborgs 2005

  • The entertainment borg is attempting to crush the most innovative, valuable industry in the country: the technology industry.

    Boing Boing: May 12, 2002 - May 18, 2002 Archives 2002

  • In chapter 4, titled "futures I will not see", you discuss space travel, genetic modifications/perfections, "borg" - like societies (aka North Korea) and humanistic robots as futures that you do not foresee as probable in the near term (correct me if I have this wrong).

    INTERVIEW: Michael Hanlon, Author of Eternity, Our Next Billion Years 2009

  • While this may be an honorable, it can easily create a 'borg'-like mentality.

    More On Intel Layoffs 2006

  • I made up the name MotorBorg, swiping from the Star Trek franchise the concept of a "borg," or a mass of individuals connected to think and function as a single being.

    'Motorborg' Takes on Traffic Snarls 2008

  • I'm sure my fellow "borg" will be responding soon, (someone teased about RP supporters being such on another page ... quite funny, actually!), but here's the take of a 33 year old male libertarian on your questions.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Questions for Ron Paul Supporters 2007

  • But, with such a query to we, the "borg" of the Ron Paul Revolution, did you expect comments that would be contrary to this?

    OpEdNews - Diary: Questions for Ron Paul Supporters 2007

  • I would not cherish it 'gainst Ing'borg's brother.

    Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day, the Boston Police Department is currently waging their yearly war against borg, or, “blackout rage gallon,” a drink that’s gotten pretty popular in the city over the last few years. It’s usually a gallon of vodka, dyed green, and sometimes you throw some liquid IV in there. Naturally.

    The Special Elon Zone Garbage Day 2025

  • This parade is notorious for public drinking and the police only care if you are getting messy and causing a scene. Most people I saw with borgs were wandering around freely and the police did not care. The ones who got them taken were either getting on public transit or intoxicated to the point it was a problem for people around them.

    Borg graveyard in Southie Automatic-Grape-2940 2025

  • A “borg,” also known as a blackout rage gallon, is a mixed drink made in a plastic gallon jug, generally containing water, vodka, and flavored drink mix.

    At least 13 people facing charges, slew of ‘borgs’ seized during St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston Frank O’Laughlin 2025

  • There’s so much alcohol in a BORG that “drinking one can lead to potentially life-threatening consumption and alcohol poisoning,” said Dr. Anna Lembke, a professor of psychiatry and addiction medicine at Stanford University in California.

    Why BORG drinks are dangerous for you | CNN Terry Ward, CNN 2024

  • Before you ask, BORG — which is pronounced like the aliens from “Star Trek” — is an acronym for “blackout rage gallon.” The drink going by this name is a mixture of water, alcohol, sweet flavorings and some hangover remedy, like Liquid I.V. or Pedialyte.

    What Is a Blackout Rage Gallon (Published 2023) Madison Malone Kircher 2023

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  • v.t. swallow (someone) so as to silence them for a period

    etym.: EDB, the Everything Death Borg on Everything2, who would swallow noders who got fractious in the catbox

    July 3, 2008

  • Resistance is futile.

    July 7, 2008

  • Norwegian for fortress/castle

    March 17, 2009