July 25 2011

Word of the Week: Roorback

ROORBACK (RAW-bac) – a false rumour hatched to damage a political candidate’s chances at winning office [From Baron von Roorback, a man created by the Chronicle of Ithaca, NY in 1844, with an aim to stain James Polk’s reputation.] Roorbacks often entail kickbacks and other improper dealings.

Comments

RK — 25 July at 07:52AM

Republican woos centre right support in an example of dirty politics

RV — 25 July at 08:03AM

Spin alternative or support fabricated political rumour.

DA — 25 July at 08:12AM

Two crackers to open the bidding. You've caught me napping. My first line of thought took me into a very different place:

Spooner suffered torment in mud?

Too hard, I reckon. But a draft worth running up the flagpole.

Sam — 25 July at 08:49AM

Bloody sounding end distorted in report

RK — 25 July at 09:09AM

Deliver the primaries to Romney or retract false political statement

(This one's a bit of a stretch, I know)

Boniface — 25 July at 09:28AM

Finding slanderous story on corkboard - dejected and upset.

Boniface — 25 July at 09:52AM

False rumour about wild boar running through Gibraltar, for one.

SK — 25 July at 10:49AM

I hear the MP is a bounder, with essentially corrupt support?

Peta — 25 July at 11:53AM

Carr book deceitfully spreads false tales of opposition.

Nib — 25 July at 12:25PM

On the topic of racks, my attempt was a bit of a stretch:
Barack, after Spooner creates rumour about his full-length birth certificate.

RM — 25 July at 09:41PM

Smear that Globe has essentially carved in stone