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[Bill Palmer]

I first heard "ratfuck" in the very early 1960's from guys from Oregon I met
in Navy Officer Candidate School.  They defined it as sort of a spontaneous
good time..an unscheduled party, for example.  No negative connotations.

Bill P
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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
> since, I believe, the middle 1960s.
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