borkings

Noun

borking (plural borkings)

1. (US, ambitransitive, derogatory, often) The act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
   • Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later.2006 October 30, Jeffrey Lord, “Borking Rush”, in American Spectator, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2017