Borg
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- proper noun
- /bɔrg/
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Borg
- In the Star Trek universe, the Borg are feared for their ability to assimilate entire civilizations.
- the Borg assimilate
- the Borg Collective
- Borg drones
You must be obedient sheep and do whatever the Borg is telling you to do.
- You must be obedient sheep and do whatever the Borg is telling you to do.
- So now the the fear of that would be that we attract the Borg.
Examples
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In view of our losses to the Borg and the Dominion, the Council feels we need all the allies we can get these days.
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The Enterprise remains docked at McKinley Station undergoing a major overhaul and refit following the Borg incident.
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Well, we tried to beat the Borg a couple times over the past week.
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Do we have any idea how many Borg we're dealing with?
Fiction book (1994) -
This of course is the Borg from Star Trek, right?
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The Queen looks to the three Borg drones and gives them a silent command.
Fiction book (1994) -
Captain, you can't take the word of a Borg over mine.
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And spoiler alert, we did not beat the Borg that night.
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The Borg Queen is floating in the middle of the room, surrounded by Borg consoles and technology.
Fiction book (1994) -
We've destroyed forty-seven Borg ships so far... and only lost fifteen of our own.
Fiction book (1994)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Borg in Star Trek comes from the word cyborg, which means 'part human, part machine'. That helps explain why the Borg are machine-like beings who add other life and technology to their group.