borking

plural borkings

1. USambitransitivederogatoryoftengovernmentThe act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

   Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later.

   2006 October 30, Jeffrey Lord, “Borking Rush”, in American Spectator, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2017

alternative Borking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bork.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of Bork. (Alternative letter-case form of borking.)