Date:  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:01:33 -0500
From:  Gregory {Greg} Downing <downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IS2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Rat F---

At 07:06 AM 10/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
>From: "Ron Rabin" <rabinrl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]buffalostate.edu>
>When I was an undergraduate at Berkeley in the 60s the term "rat fuck,"
>meaning a prank or joke played on someone, was common. But I've never
>heard it or read it since. Does anyone else know this term?
>

When I was flipping through a few slang dictionaries about rat's ass, I came
across "rat fuck" which if I recall was a military term (going back a number
of decades to before the 60s) for (something like) any lousy, messed up
situation or operation. But I don't have those dictionaries here at the
office with me now....

Gregory {Greg} Downing, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu