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ratfink

[ rat-fingk ]

noun

Slang.


ratfink

/ ˈæˌɪŋ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a contemptible or undesirable person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ratfink1

First recorded in 1960–65; rat + fink
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ratfink1

C20: from rat + fink
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I drowned my sorrows in cherry Kool-Aid, and went to confer with the boys on the other side of the pool, where we ganged up on one of them, naming him Rick the Ratty Raunchy Ratfink, which, we decided, would be his nickname for all time.

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“Rick the Ratty Raunchy Ratfink’s hair is longer than yours.”

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In American criminal circles, a fink was an informer or stool pigeon; a particularly egregious example of the species was given the intensified label of ratfink.

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