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Borg.

A surname

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/bɔːɡ/Received-Pronunciation/bɔɹɡ/General-American
  1. A surname

Where this word comes from

* 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.

noun/bɔːɡ/Received-Pronunciation/bɔɹɡ/General-American
  1. One who proselytises or assimilates.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/bɔːɡ/Received-Pronunciation/bɔɹɡ/General-American
  1. To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.

    slang
  2. To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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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