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roorback
or roor·bach
[ roor-bak ]
noun
- a false and more or less damaging report circulated for political effect, usually about a candidate seeking an office.
roorback
/ ˈrʊəˌbæk /
noun
- a false or distorted report or account, used to obtain political advantage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roorback1
An Americanism first recorded in 1844, after a fictitious Baron von Roorback, in whose travelogue occurred an account of an incident damaging to the character of James K. Polk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roorback1
C19: after Baron von Roorback , invented author of an imaginary Tour through the Western and Southern States (1844), which contained a passage defaming James K. Polk
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