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[Jonathan Lighter]

UrbanDictionary has more than a page of comments on "rat fuck," but not
Bill's sense.  Kids today!

JL

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> I first heard "ratfuck" in the very early 1960's from guys from Oregon I
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> in Navy Officer Candidate School.  They defined it as sort of a spontaneous
> good time..an unscheduled party, for example.  No negative connotations.
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> > Mark, your consistency is to be admired!
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> > --Charlie
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> > I have consistenly used "rat fuck!" as an expletive of extreme irritation
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