Definitions

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  • noun slang One who proselytises or assimilates.
  • verb slang To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.
  • verb slang To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.

Etymologies

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From the Star Trek franchise; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.

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Examples

  • Three BORG DRONES are methodically making repairs—they look injured and one of the Borg is missing an arm.

    Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine™ Saga Various Authors 1998

  • From: KELLEY PENNY To: KENNETH PRUETT Subj: BORG BUSTING KP What do you think would happen if there was a war KP between the Daleks, Cybermen, and the Borg?

    The Progress of Klaus Barbie Gray, Francine du Plessix 1985

  • Just saying the word Borg elicits a predictable defensive response in most people.

    Star Trek: Voyager®: Full Circle Kirsten Beyer 2009

  • Just saying the word Borg elicits a predictable defensive response in most people.

    Star Trek: Voyager®: Full Circle Kirsten Beyer 2009

  • Second, he's asking us to prove a negative: we also didn't get attacked by the Romulans or the Borg; is Mr. Cheney going to take credit for that, too?

    The Gift That Keeps on Giving 2009

  • The whole point of the Borg is that they were supposed to be a perfect, complete collective consciousness wherein every individual was nothing more than a cell in a much larger “single entity”.

    05 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

  • The only reason the Enterprise crew has any chance to stop the Borg is because the Borg come all the way to Earth before going back in time — why in the world did they do that?

    05 « June « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

  • The whole point of the Borg is that they were supposed to be a perfect, complete collective consciousness wherein every individual was nothing more than a cell in a much larger “single entity”.

    Revisiting the Movies – Star Trek: First Contact 2009

  • The only reason the Enterprise crew has any chance to stop the Borg is because the Borg come all the way to Earth before going back in time — why in the world did they do that?

    Ranking the Star Trek Films 2009

  • Marcus Borg is a warm and fuzzy hippie who re-imagines Jesus as a warm and fuzzy American hippie so Marcus Borg can be comfortable with him.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

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