What does the term "borg" mean?

by mtsgrad 18 Replies latest jw friends

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  LtCmd.Lore

  "Borg? Sounds Swedish."
  
  50 points if you can figure out that quote.

  "... Definately not Swedish" Star Trek: First Contact. Said by Lily. Zefram Cochrane's assistant. In the year 2060-ish Lore
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  onlycurious

  As a non-dub, I thought it meant "boring organization". :o)
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  drew sagan
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  slimboyfat

  Interestingly ex-Mormons use the similar expression Morg to refer to the church. Apparently it also has its derivation via Star Trek and is applied to what they now view as a mind controlling cult. Well I thought it was interesting anyway.

  The ex-Witness language that has grown up on the Net and on this forum in particular is verying interesting. I wish someone would compile a lexicon with derivations and useage. Here is an excerpt from the ex-Mormon equivalent:

  Jesus Jammies - garments
  Kolob - sun nearest to where God lives, according to Mormon scripture
  Lurker - Someone who frequents reading the board but rarely if ever posts
  Mainstreaming - the Mormon Church's changing it's own doctrine, practices and image to look more Christian
  Mishies - Missionaries
  McTemple - a Mormon Mini-Temple
  Mormon Corridor - Arizona, Utah, Idaho high-density mormon states
  Mormon Salute - gesture made by Mormons constantly pulling their underwear out of their butts
  Morg - the Church acting like a Star Trek Borg Collective, "Mormon Borg"
  Morgbot - a Mormon who demonstrates lack of independant thought, "Mormon Borg Robot"
  Moron - a Mormon who demonstrates lack of independant thought
  Nevermo - someone who has never been a member of the Church

  http://www.exmormon.org/boards/w-agora/index.php?site=exmobb&bn=exmobb_recovery

  Slim
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  AlanF

  In the mid-1990s when Star Trek was still a craze, the Borg were stereotypical arch-villains. For the reasons stated above, some online poster combined Borg with Organization and got Borganization. This quickly was shortened to Borg.

  AlanF
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  Gopher

  For those who haven't seen this classic post, here is Farkel's dub glossary. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/6021/1.ashx

  Among other things, it explains why dubs are more afraid of apostates than they are of Satan.
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  RubaDub

  The Borg are a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe, first introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.
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  RubaDub

  The Borg are a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe, first introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV Series

  Now that I think about it, one of our elders does have rather pointy ears.

  Rub a Dub
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  Warlock

  It's just "grob" spelled backwards. That's all there is to it.

  Warlock