Borf

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  borf
       
           To uncerimoniously disconnect someone from a system
          without prior warning.  {BBS} {Sysops} 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)