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5 months ago sarra said:

[remembers about verlan, goes off to add]

edit: [comes back embarrassed to find she already has]

5 months ago bilby said:

Reminds me of some Jakarta slang in Indonesia where there was (somewhat) random reordering of letters within conventional words, but typically not the first the letter. The word was then thought to be generally recognisable based upon the utility of the first letter and the 'crossworld puzzle' ability of others to reorder the remaining letters. Often accompanied by reversal of last syllable.
eg. bokap - father
derived from 'bapak', father
Probably originated as a way for drug addicts to avoid detection.

5 months ago sarra said:

I like the variation b0rken.

5 months ago bilby said:

Noobly noot, noobly noot!

5 months ago chained_bear said:

It reminds me of the Swedish chef on the Muppets.

Bork bork bork!

5 months ago bilby said:

Really? Very interesting usage. Reminds me of something, can't quite put my finger on it *thinking*

5 months ago seanahan said:

Also used as an alternation for broken, as in, "This code is borked".

5 months ago whichbe said:

(An eponym from Judge Robert Bork) U.S. political slang to defame or vilify (a person) systematically, especially in the mass media, with the aim of preventing his or her appointment to public office; to obstruct or thwart (a person) in this way.

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