
I doubt it, but Daniel Henniger argues the techniques of borking have decayed. Or is it that the Dems are old and sclerotic? The attempted smear of Judge Alito has certainly failed.
Judge Bork notes that becoming a verb is a kind of immortality. “To bork” (working definition): to slander and destroy via the concerted, concentrated, and well-financed efforts of the governmentalist, academic, and media wings of the Democratic party.
After Joe Biden poached a personal history and part of a speech from British Labor politician Neil Kinnock (1987, I think– follow the link), I thought “to bidenize” might emerge as a term meaning “plaigirize” or “enhance the biography while campaigning in the Midwest.” Of course it didn’t– because he’s a Democrat. Until the late 1990s, the “culture makers” covered for Democrats.
Times change. Two new verbs may emerge from the Alito hearings. Consider “To teddy.” A working definition might be “to decay like Dorian Gray, except do so during live, televised Senate hearings.”
Biden may yet become a verb. “To biden”: to shoot onself in one’s own foot using one’s own mouth.
