Verboticism: Borganization
DEFINITION: n. A pop culture entertainment property, which has transcended itself and become a de facto religion with legions of devotees, prescribed rituals and sacred texts. v. To follow a pop culture icon with unquestioning devotion.
Borganization
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bor-gan-iz-a-shun
Sentence: It wasn't long before the Star Trek series went from a simple buycon, content with selling action figures of Spock and Kirk, to a borganization, with a huge cult-like following of devotees.
Etymology: borg, organization
Points: 644
Comments: Borganization
remistram - 2007-06-19: 09:50:00
borgiful!
bigdog - 2007-06-19: 16:08:00
I like the "bonus word" you gave us - buycon. I'm assuming that's a capitalist icon?
texmom - 2007-06-19: 17:29:00
Let's hear one for the borgs.
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-19: 18:00:00
Not sure that buycon is original, but it popped into my mind when I was thinking about all those toys I felt I had to buy for my son years ago. Yep, it's a capitalist icon.