(slang, humorous) Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
(slang, humorous) Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
As a PC technician, you're responsible for doing a certain amount of network troubleshooting, but if the router is really borked, it'll require more management than you'd be expected to handle (or be tested on in the A+ exam).
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(humorous, slang, computing) broken.
(chiefly, computing, slang) Broken; wrongly designed or configured.
Tech and internet slang for something that is broken, buggy, or behaving in an unpredictable and annoying way. A softer, more affectionate version of 'broken' — when something is borky, it's not catastrophically dead, it's just acting up in that irritating but vaguely endearing way software tends to. Common in developer Slack channels, gaming communities, and Discord servers where calling something 'broken' feels too formal and 'busted' feels too harsh. The playful '-ky' suffix gives it a cartoon quality.
(slang, Commonwealth) Broken; not properly functioning.
Daddys live! Was gonna stream Season 29 of Apex but its borked so Im questing on OSRS! Get in here cuties! www.twitch.tv/dmoe33 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #vtuberuprising #smallstreamer #smallvtuber #malevtuber #spacevtuber…
“Daddys live! Was gonna stream Season 29 of Apex but its borked so Im questing on OSRS! Get in here cuties! www.twitch.tv/dmoe33 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #vtuberuprising #smallstreamer #smallvtuber #malevtuber #spacevtuber #strugglingvtuber #daddy #promosky #malevtuber #vsky #OSRS”
“Yes its all borked atm. Can we turn it off and back on again please”
“For some reason, Twitch is borked and somehow a new subscriber and follower slipped under the radar and didn't have an alert. ]:<”
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