b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » Message 1329034 (Thread)

# hmm
i'd never thought until now, does the word borked come from broked like pr0n comes from porn?

(edit) this reckons it is
interesting/dull etymology of computer slang terms
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:55, archived)
# Possibly.
But possibly not.
(OB1, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:57, archived)
# thanks
you've put my mind at rest
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:57, archived)
# Happy
to be of service.
(OB1, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# I thought it came from the Swedish Chef.
As in, bork bork bork.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# it did then
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# it was a typo once upon a time in the spazz
Much like hummus came out of a mad rant, or THE FEAR THE FEAR was just a reply to it's first appearance...
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:15, archived)
# borked
wasn't invented by b3ta, its been used on usenet for a squillion years
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:17, archived)