Might look to the original Safire column. I believe he argued for lower case. Possible NRO style is wrong.
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I would argue capital, since "borked" can also be the Internet slang term for something broken.
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"bowdlerize" isn't capitalized. Maybe
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NYT is beneath contempt, who cares about caps?
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the term has become a verb..therefore lower case..we're not Germans who capitalize everything & run words together
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@JohnJHarwood Do you capitalize gerrymandered? -
two centuries from now, "borked"
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De-capitalizing inserts distance from historical memory of the verb derivation from a person's name. Compare "Cantored." Borked.
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+named
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@JohnJHarwood that means they've turned into a common noun untethered to the person whom it'sThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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'borked '- lower case, Byron.
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The root being a proper noun would lend credibility to a capitalized "B"
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if Mr Bork does it, then it is Borking. If someone else uses the tactic, then bork. But isn't "kennedy'd" more accurate?
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Byron you should reply to reporters only not frauds or busy body's
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@JohnJHarwood methinks@JohnJHarwood should have more important things to worry about. Did he remember to zip his fly?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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“googled” lowercase per Chicago. No entry for “borked.” I’d say verbs from proper nouns end up lowercase eventually.
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I don't think so. Words named after people like "bowlderize" aren't capitalized. But I'm hardly a style maven.
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Borked if you think he should have been confirmed. borked if you don't.
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@JohnJHarwood since the term comes from judge Robert Bork, I vote capital also.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Probably lower case since it is being used as a verb.
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