A US political slang term for dirty tricks or covert political sabotage — activities designed to undermine an opponent's campaign through deception, infiltration, or disruption rather than legitimate competition. The term was popularized during Watergate when it emerged that Nixon campaign operatives had conducted extensive ratfucking operations against Democratic candidates. Still used in political journalism to describe underhanded campaign tactics.
The leaked memo described a systematic ratfucking operation against the candidate's primary rivals.
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(US, vulgar) Political sabotage or dirty tricks.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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