What does 'Borken' mean?

[Pallas Athene]

It's so hard being a female gamer...

Noone speaks my language...

"Borken"?

?

[Dexceus]

It is just a cute way to say broken.

Basicly someone along the line said 'I don't want to hear that X figure is broken again'. Someone came back saying 'X figure is borken'.

At least, that is how I think it happened.

[skeevo666]

now it's yr language too ;)

[Thunderbolts]

Now u 2 can b kewl liek every1 else on the net and use ur 1337 speek.

[gelf13]

Originally posted by Thunderbolts
Now u 2 can b kewl liek every1 else on the net and use ur 1337 speek.

OK, you got me. WTF is 1337 speak????? (I was with ya right up til that:) )

[SuperDuper]

Thunderbolts pwned joo with his 1337ness

[Dexceus]

Originally posted by gelf13


OK, you got me. WTF is 1337 speak????? (I was with ya right up til that:) )

Leet speak. Something wanna be hackers made up.

[Pallas Athene]

Ok, yeah, so I'm a dork. =D

"Now u 2 can b kewl liek every1 else on the net and use ur 1337 speek. "

Nah, I just rely on my dyslexia to invent new words like "Ruckin' Fediculous"

Well, speaking of things that aren't 'borken' (and yes, that will be the last time I insert the word into quotes) I unwrapped a shiny new Nick Fury today! YEA!

I guess there are still some Uniques out there I can get my hands on without becoming a trollop on e-bay.

So far I have U Wasp, U Vision, U Wolvie (katana), and now the delightful Nick.

Thank you all for being patient with what seems to be the only girl in these forums. =]

Am I the only girl?

[Thunderbolts]

Do you have a BiN price for yourself on eBay? Kekekeke....

[gelf13]

I think there are a few others, and a few guys pretending to be.
Be careful, some of these geeks who may never have actually had a whole conversation with a girl in person will get real obnoxious online.
Soo...Welcome!
Gelf
;)

[Noman]

Anyone gives you grief, let Critical Miss know...

She has a big Wabbit chasing mallet, and works for WizKids...

Oh, and heylady, well known Queen of KoolAid, is also a fellow traveller...

and a lot of these guys arn't so bad...

providing you lose (no, scratch that...)

My wife says only sane women marry gamers - she says at least you always know where the money went, and what they were doing when they were out...

I think I know what she means...

All the Best

Noman

[Pallas Athene]

Originally posted by Thunderbolts
Do you have a BiN price for yourself on eBay? Kekekeke....

That depends...

Got Nightcrawler?

;)

[Pallas Athene]

Originally posted by Noman
Anyone gives you grief, let Critical Miss know...

She has a big Wabbit chasing mallet, and works for WizKids...


Oh, I'm not afraid of boys ;)

Besides, in my own realm of geekdom (an online game I play) I'm actually the most feared player if you can believe it.

I'm used to being in the minority when it comes to gaming, but it doesn't bother me in the least, and I'm quite sure that the BF doesn't mind that I understand where he's coming from.

I've been collecting comics since about 1978, I play video games (loads), and I cook! ;)

Ok, enough about me, someone tell me something about them!

[Diana-Br]

Hi, Pallas Athene
We have something in comon: mithology (since you are Athene, I suppose you likes mythology), cooking, Clix and comics. Beside Heylady, we have other girl players, like myself, Vixen and others.
Search for an old thread, "girl time", what was supposed to be a "girls only" thread, but boys are so curious...
Anyway, we really are a minority, but the boys can't live without us.:D

[checkeredman]

Actually, I believe the word "borken" was popularized by the Swedish Chef and loosely translates to "beans".

But, I could be wrong...

[Clark-br]

No, no, no
"Borken" is the last name of a character, the Galactus herald guy...Firelord I. S. Borken.:D

[checkeredman]

...?

Was that a joke?

The stairs will lead you up and out of mom and dad's basement. Go to the light! Life awaits!

[Random]

Pallas Athene? Isn't that a name from a Robert Heinlin Novel? I knmow I have heard it somewhere before, but memory is failing me.. Come on WHERE is that moniker from?

[Xanth]

Moving into Another Realms as this is a non-HC discussion...and Random, Pallas Athene is the name of the Greek goddess. Athenam was goddess of controlled warfare and wisdom. Her symbol was the owl and Athens was named after her.

[Darth Sabre]

Originally posted by checkeredman
Actually, I believe the word "borken" was popularized by the Swedish Chef and loosely translates to "beans".

But, I could be wrong...

You mean the dude on the Muppets right? I swear that's all he says..."borken, borken"


:D

[Tsannik]

Moving into Another Realms is borken!

[Xanth]

Hmmmmmm!!!! Should I?????? No! That would be wrong. That would be unfitting to Modship. Awww! What the heck.

Tsannik is dorken!:p

[Random]

personally, I think society as a whole is pretty dang borken, but what the heck do I know about anything?


ya know, on a side note, since I became a fan of the word borken, I don't even SEE the word "broken"anymore. Seriously. So be aware of the dangers, boys and girls, of using a mispelled word to often, it can ruin your life!

[Xanth]

No reply from Tsannik???? Aw!:p

[Tsannik]

You know... *sniff*... that really hurts.... :p


Magoon!

[Xanth]

There...there Tsannik. I'm dorken too.:p

[Mr. Pilkington]

Great, I can hear the slogan now: "Call the Dorken Army..." (apologies to any Orkin employees who read this).

I see "borken" as a parody of the language filters here... the word c-r-a-p is filtered, so we all started using carp instead. Since "broken" started to become a dirty word to some, and overused in the least, we started saying "borken"... maybe it doesn't really make much sense, but hey, we play with little plastic men and then argue online about which one is best. ;)

[TheTick]

The post that popularized the term 'borken' is here:
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=24742&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

There are earlier instances of the word 'borken'(2, to be exact) but they were most likely due to fast typing. Mine was completely intentional.:D

[Clark-br]

Thread begins with slang and is already debating greek mithology, that is why this site is so interesting.

[Mr. Pilkington]

Tick: you may have posted "borken" first, but I was thinking it really hard, and you must have picked up on my telepathic emanations(*) and then posted it before I could. And once you posted it there wasn't any real need for me to... in fact yes, that was my plan all along... MUAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahaha ha.



(*) - Psychically, I'm very well endowed.

[Basil Elks]

As far as me ams nose, borken means broken. :D

[Pip the Troll]

Take any word, any word and i will show you how the root of that word is Greek.
take borken for example,

Bor, comes from the Greek word, borthos, which is mean Fire
while ken, comes from the Greek word kenlj, which means Lord,
so Borken, is in the Greek firelord, and there you have it.
Now give me another

cheers

[A_Higher_Level]

The following is the definition of the word 'borken' pulled directly from the definition given by the nationally accepted Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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Uhh... That about raps it up for me! :D

[gelf13]

Originally posted by Pip the Troll
Take any word, any word and i will show you how the root of that word is Greek.
take borken for example,

Bor, comes from the Greek word, borthos, which is mean Fire
while ken, comes from the Greek word kenlj, which means Lord,
so Borken, is in the Greek firelrd, and there you have it.
Now give me another

cheers

LOL
well done Pip:)

[Logan Myrddin]

EVERYONE! HEAR ME! THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEMS... TO YOUR QUESTIONS... TO LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING! IT IS FORTY TWO! (look it up in the book of changes. It actually makes sense!) (And anyone who knows where that's from-- hopefully all of you are so blessed-- HELL YEAH!!!)

[gelf13]

I have my towel....:D

[Logan Myrddin]

:D

[urlmaker]

EVERYONE! HEAR ME! THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEMS... TO YOUR QUESTIONS... TO LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING! IT IS FORTY TWO! (look it up in the book of changes. It actually makes sense!) (And anyone who knows where that's from-- hopefully all of you are so blessed-- HELL YEAH!!!)

I can't take this thread anymore.... So long, and thanks for all the fish...

[Pip the Troll]

hmmm u dont ned to tell us u dont wana ready anymore
i mean what did u want? a going away party?
here have a cigar and go be negative with teh rest of the whiners :)
jk
cheers man
have fun

[melon_head]

so if we are all running around with towels on our head and the improbability drive humming away does that mean we have enough monkeys to create all the greatest heroclix teams of history?

on a similar note using the monkey/shakespeare therom

Will a infinite number of rednecks driving and infinite number pickups firing an infinite number of shotguns at a infinite number of road signs create all the great works of literature in braille?

[Logan Myrddin]

42????

[gelf13]

Dude, You stole my line.
Everytime somebody walks up to me and says "Hey, I have a question" I immediately spit out 42 .


It's probably really annoying, now that I think about it. It's a wonder more people don't try to slug me.

[shin-goji]

It's a city in Kansas: Hoborken.

[gelf13]

Originally posted by shin-goji
It's a city in Kansas: Hoborken.
I thought Hoborken was in New Jersey... Y'know, right across the river from New Bork City.

[Oldguynewbie]

Originally posted by Mr. Pilkington
(*) - Psychically, I'm very well endowed.


Does that mean you dream you're well-endowed?

Dude, joking, OK? It just seemed too obvious!

[DS-00-0, FSD]

Originally posted by shin-goji
It's a city in Kansas: Hoborken.

Where most of the Con Artists come from, evidently.

[skeevo666]

so do Corn Artists come from Iowa?

[CyberVenom]

No. Corn Artists come from Stalk City. So do Peeping Toms!

[Logan Myrddin]

You guys read to much Xanth. I HATE puns. Igh. Blech. Make's my brain feel all... unclean.

[Basil Elks]

I thought that the clix con Artists came from "I-da-Ho"?

[Psylockeslover]

nevermind....

[ShadowRaven]

whats this 42 thing?

[Pallas Athene]

Originally posted by Diana-Br
Hi, Pallas Athene


Hi there back Diana!

Sorry it took so long to respond back, but the thread got moved on me!

I'm really happy to see other women playing, and interested in Hero Clix!

I'll check out the Girl-Thread!

[Doomtoy]

Corn Artist: someone who paints a lot of pictures of Nebraska.

I should probably point out that "broken" as a gaming term was originally used by the design team for the Magic: The Gathering card game.

In the original card mix, designer Richard Garfield felt that making certain cards rare would prevent their abuse in deck construction. Never in his wildest dreams did it ever occur to him that any one person on the planet would spend thousands of dollars on Magic cards... and thus be able to field multiple Moxes or Black Lotuses.

Consequently, they came to describe any card whose effect was too powerful for the point cost -- easily abused -- as "broken." It screws up the game. When I played Magic, the ultimate "broken" card was Mana Drain. I notice that Mana Drain is now back in the main set... in one of the new series of cards, though...

And, of course, Noman is quite right. My wife has often expressed pleasure over the fact that she knows where I am on Saturday nights, and that my bad habits are not only cheaper than those of her previous boyfriend, but recyclable for cash (i.e, my Magic cards) as opposed to those of her previous husband (beer cans. And you had to drive all over town to collect them from where he'd left them...)

[AZS]

The secret history of the origin of "Borken."

Everybody is familiar with "firelord is broken" if you've been on this board for more than a week.

Well I wrote a review for Firelord a month or so ago.
Someone popped in and simply posted (as a joke in and otherwise serious discussion) 'Firelord is broken.'
Not really unussual.
TheTick came back and posted: 'Firelord is Borken.'

For pretty much the rest of that thread, which is probably still going and has reached somewhere in the midwest by now, 'Borken' caught on.
Then like a virus it migrated to other parts of the realm.
It's pretty much come to mean; I think you're an idiot for calling this broken, so I'm making fun of your oh so indepth argument and countering it with "no, he's borken."

Hope that fills you all in. :)

Now, if only I could figure out why the hell everyone keeps talking about pineapples. :confused:

[Penworthy]

:eek: Warf told me before he went for shore-leave, "I like 'Borken worms' for breakfast. They taste good with Maple Syruple. It's not logical, but they don't serve them on Vulcan."