borg
noun
- former stronghold or villa in the province of Groningen, Netherlands
adverb
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L21370 on Wikidata ↗noun
- somebody who is part of the fictional borg collective
- fictional hive mind
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɔːɡ/ / /bɔɹɡ/
name
Etymology: * 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.
- A surname
noun
Etymology: 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.
- One 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.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.
“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."”
“They are trying to turn you into them. They are trying to borg us.”
- To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.
“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.”
“2001, Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews Intel wants to Borg us!”