v.
To accuse a person of sexual harassment.
Example Citation:
"Moreover, the veiled threat here is truly odious: Appoint someone we like, or prepare to be Borked and Thomased once again."
—The Washington Times, "The confirmation ‘process’ morass" (editorial quoted in The Barnhart Dictionary Companion)
—The Washington Times, "The confirmation ‘process’ morass" (editorial quoted in The Barnhart Dictionary Companion)
Notes:
This new verb originates from the sexual harassment accusations aimed at Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings. This is similar to the more general verb to Bork: to attack a person's character in a particularly vicious manner; from the brutal treatment aimed at Robert Bork during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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