Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biorg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biorg
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-human animal cyborg.

Example Sentences

"In this case, the story concerns three pets who have gone missing—a dog named Bandit, a cat named Tinker, and a rabbit named Pirate. These pets have been transformed by the US Air Force into computer-enhanced "biorgs," as part of an army of "efficient animal slaves" designed to take the place of humans […]"
"Biorgs are both cyborgs and companion animals, […] Vint's reading of the biorgs' speech underscores how the comic blurs the division between nature and culture as well as between human and non-human animals. The biorgs may not speak exactly like humans, but their speech communicates […] While canine biorgs' speech […]"
"Metaphorically a biorg witch with flowers in her hair, I am presently a doctoral student […]"

Etymology

Blend of biological + organism(?), modelled on cyborg, which is from cybernetic + organism.

Inflected Forms

biorgs (plural)

Questions

What does biorg mean?: A non-human animal cyborg.
Where does biorg come from?: Blend of biological + organism(?), modelled on cyborg, which is from cybernetic + organism.

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