The History of EAB

[prowler]

Sorry if this post is slightly off track, since the theme so far is confined to the early history of EAB.

Can anyone reveal which EAB member coined the word "borked", which is commonly used here as a euphemism for "broken"?

[Shatterhand]

Originally Posted by Marcuz

Right! Good times

Oh my God I remember this! Can't remember why was done, but I remember it happening.

[Marcuz]

Originally Posted by prowler

Sorry if this post is slightly off track, since the theme so far is confined to the early history of EAB.

Can anyone reveal which EAB member coined the word "borked", which is commonly used here as a euphemism for "broken"?

I don't know but the earliest trace on board is:

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=93105&postcount=208

Possibly happened first on IRC though

[prowler]

Originally Posted by Marcuz

I don't know but the earliest trace on board is:

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=93105&postcount=208

Thanks, that's interesting; I had thought it was earlier than that.

Originally Posted by Marcuz

Possibly happened first on IRC though

That sounds more likely.

[Ian]

Don't forget most of the stuff has been deleted.

Borked and Fubarred have been part of my vocabulary for many years.

I think it was just a popular thing to say IRL, so spread to the board the same way as any other slang term has done.

[DH]

A timeline seems to suggest around 2004, however I recall using this word long before then. Maybe I'm just kidding myself, but we do have some fantastic words up here and it wouldn't surprise me if it originated from the North East (UK)

[haps]

Originally Posted by prowler

Sorry if this post is slightly off track, since the theme so far is confined to the early history of EAB.

Can anyone reveal which EAB member coined the word "borked", which is commonly used here as a euphemism for "broken"?

No EAB member coined the term borked. It was in use long before EAB existed.

[Marcuz]

Originally Posted by haps

No EAB member coined the term borked. It was in use long before EAB existed.

yes, but it's possible it has also shifted a bit in meaning, from its first appearance, I think:

http://www.thenorth.com/apblog4.nsf/...2574420067D9BA

The Urban Dictionary references are variegated.

And in any case, I don't know how one can be sure whether it originated consciously from the referred fact, or any fact related or not to a person, or it simply was an effect of internet dyslexia or just texting sloppiness by somebody wanting to convey the meaning of "broken", specifically.

Etymology is always fascinating, though.

[prowler]

Originally Posted by Marcuz

yes, but it's possible it has also shifted a bit in meaning, from its first appearance, I think:

http://www.thenorth.com/apblog4.nsf/...2574420067D9BA

The Urban Dictionary references are variegated.

And in any case, I don't know how one can be sure whether it originated consciously from the referred fact, or any fact related or not to a person, or it simply was an effect of internet dyslexia or just texting sloppiness by somebody wanting to convey the meaning of "broken", specifically.

Well, that little discussion lays my question to rest, I think.

Originally Posted by Marcuz

Etymology is always fascinating, though.

Thanks to everyone who posted a reply.

[haps]

Originally Posted by Marcuz

yes, but it's possible it has also shifted a bit in meaning, from its first appearance, I think:

http://www.thenorth.com/apblog4.nsf/...2574420067D9BA

The Urban Dictionary references are variegated.

And in any case, I don't know how one can be sure whether it originated consciously from the referred fact, or any fact related or not to a person, or it simply was an effect of internet dyslexia or just texting sloppiness by somebody wanting to convey the meaning of "broken", specifically.

Etymology is always fascinating, though.

I agree, etymology is fascinating.

That definition in that link is interesting. Never heard of that bloke or the situation. Since I was a kid (mid 50s now) I've always known it to be used to describe something broken, especially machinery, or to stuff something up as in: 'well you really borked that attempt.'

However this discussion has run its course and taken the thread off topic enough already.