Borg

A surname

Proper noun

  1. A surname

Origin

* 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.

Forms

Borgs

Related

Berg Bergh Borgh Boro Bourg Bourgh Burg Burgh Burh Bury

Noun

  1. 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. - 2005

Origin

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.

Forms

Borgs Borg borg

Verb

  1. 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...
    • They are trying to turn you into them. They are trying to borg us. - 2004
  2. 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. - 2000, Charles Hayward, FREQ:
    • 2001, Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews Intel wants to Borg us!

Forms

Borgs Borging Borged borg

Wikipedia

Star Trek