To uncerimoniouslY disconnect someone from a sYstem without prior warning. BBSSYsops routinelY "borf" pest users bY turning off the modem or bY hitting the "auto-borf" keY sequence. You can also be "borfed" bY software dropping carrier due to a bug. The origin of the term is unknown but it has been in use since at least 1982. (1997-03-21)