roorback

roorback
сущ. диффамация, пасквиль (от имени псевдоавтора клеветнического письма, опубликованного в ходе предвыборной борьбы в Америке в 1844 г.) Syn : defamation, libel, pasquinade (американизм) клевета (особ. порочащая кандидата на выборах)

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.

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  • Roorback — Студийный альбом …   Википедия

  • roorback — ☆ roorback or roorbach [roor′bak΄ ] n. [after the imaginary author of a nonexistent book, Roorback s Tour, etc. containing spurious charges against candidate POLK James Knox] a false or slanderous story devised for political effect, esp. against… …   English World dictionary

  • Roorback — Roor back, Roorbach Roor bach, n. A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] Note: The word originated in the election canvass of 1844, when such a forgery was published, to the detriment …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roorback — index canard Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Roorback — Infobox Album | Name = Roorback Type = studio Artist = Sepultura Released = May 27, 2003 Recorded = 2002 2003 Genre = Thrash metal Length = 56:44 Label = SPV Producer = Steve Evetts Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5… …   Wikipedia

  • roorback — noun Etymology: from an attack on James K. Polk in 1844 purporting to quote from an invented book by a Baron von Roorback Date: 1855 a defamatory falsehood published for political effect …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • roorback — /roor bak /, n. a false and more or less damaging report circulated for political effect, usually about a candidate seeking an office. Also, roorbach. [1844, Amer.; after a fictitious Baron von Roorback, in whose travelogue occurred an account of …   Universalium

  • roorback — roor•back [[t]ˈrʊərˌbæk[/t]] n. gov a false, damaging report circulated for political effect • Etymology: 1844, amer.; after such a report, defaming James K. Polk, by a fictitious Baron von Roorback …   From formal English to slang

  • roorback — Synonyms and related words: bruit, buzz, canard, character assassination, common talk, cry, dirty politics, flying rumor, grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, last minute lie, latrine rumor, muckraking, mudslinging, mudslinging campaign, news… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • roorback — roor·back …   English syllables

  • roorback — An ugly rumor of fabricated news story created to discredit a political opponent …   Grandiloquent dictionary


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