On Linguist List (here) I just saw this opening pane from a comic strip:
The posting is about the use of 'peak friend'. But what about 'BORF'? What does it mean? It looks like an acronym. But if it is, what does it stand for?
The online Hyperdictionary (here) defines it as:
To uncerimoniously (sic) disconnect someone from a system without prior warning.But then it says that its origin is unknown.
Keeping track of new terminology is difficult; and it doesn't help when what appears to be an acronym has an unknown origin.
(It also doesn't help when 'unceremoniously' is misspelt. I guess the Hyperdictionary isn't the most reliable resource.)
