Top definition. A military term. It usually involves opening up a package or something shrinkwrapped, taking the desired item s and leaving the rest behind for the next unsuspecting individual. This leaves the next person to a meal with no treat. You ratfucked the mini-cereals and only took the Apple Jacks ". Stiteler June 19,
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Ratfucking is an American slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections. It was brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book which chronicled their investigative reporting of the Watergate affair, All the President's Men Haldeman , and Dwight Chapin had attended the University of Southern California and participated in the highly competitive student elections there. Fraternities, sororities, and underground fraternal coordinating organizations—such as Theta Nu Epsilon and their splintered rival "Trojans for Representative Government"—engaged in creative tricks and underhanded tactics to win student elections. The tactics were either promoted by or garnered the interest of major political figures on the USC board of trustees, such as Dean Rusk and John A. The term received media attention in Australia after it was reported that the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd used the term in a tirade about China at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. During the Republican Party presidential primaries , candidate Ted Cruz said " Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him", a euphemised reference to the term.
Tim Noble and Sue Webster take ordinary things including rubbish, to make assemblages and then point light to create projected shadows which show a great likeness to something identifiable including self-portraits. The art of projection is emblematic of transformative art. The process of transformation, from discarded waste, scrap metal or even taxidermy creatures to a recognizable image, echoes the idea The process of transformation, from discarded waste, scrap metal or even taxidermy creatures to a recognizable image, echoes the idea of 'perceptual psychology' a form of evaluation used for psychological patients.