Meanings
borg1
plural borgs
- 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.
2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQsSynonyms: cyborg
present singular third person borgs · participle present borging · participle past borged · past borged
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Borg.
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Borg4
plural Borgs · alternative borg
- slangOne 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.
2005
present singular third person Borgs · participle present Borging · participle past Borged · past Borged · alternative borg
- slangTo assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.
They are trying to turn you into them. They are trying to borg us.
20041 more example
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 here after decades means we aren't giving in this time, and you're one of the ones here over a decade."
2004, alt.religion.asatru (Usenet) - slangTo turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.
2001, Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews Intel wants to Borg us!
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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.
2000, Charles Hayward, FREQ
BORG5
plural BORGs · alternative Borg · alternative borg
- USabbreviationacronymAcronym 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”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of cyborg.
Origin
borg · noun, verb
Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.
Full word history & related roots →Borg · proper noun
- Old High Germanborgēn
- Middle High Germanborgen“to lend, borrow”
- Yiddishבורג“credit”
- Old Norseborg“stronghold”
- EnglishBorg
* 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.
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Full word history & related roots →Borg · noun, verb
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.
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Cite this entry
borg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borg
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