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ratfink
/ˈɹætfɪŋk/
noun 3verb 1
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2VERB + RATFINK
labeled
RATFINK + NOUN
factor, title
Definitions
noun
1
An informer or spy; a traitor.
The authors have facetiously labeled the contemplated musical as 'Ratfink', after the name of its central character, James J. Ratfink. Its title is not meant in a derogatory sense.
The film director accused him of being the worst kind of a rat fink (rat pack talk) for leaving a play so early.
2
A dislikable or contemptible person.
Maxwell—or Maxie, as he was familiarly called by his once and former rat fink girlfriend—lived in a six-story walkup on a narrow street in Calm's Point, […]
He [Dubyaman, a parody comic superhero based loosely on George W. Bush] searches for "dirty ratfink terrorists" and aims to ferret out their "whacko ideas."
3
A strikebreaker.
verb
1
To inform on; to betray.
It led to some rather incredible and colourful claims in the submission by the union that the employers had ratfinked on previous agreements.
The dumb bastard says he never rat-finks on a woman. They're too precious, he tells me. And he should know. He has had many of them.
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The authors have facetiously labeled the contemplated musical as 'Ratfink', after the name of its central character, James J. Ratfink. Its title is not meant in a derogatory sense.
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The film director accused him of being the worst kind of a rat fink (rat pack talk) for leaving a play so early.
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The first factor is labeled the "Ratfink" factor. This factor consists only of items that measure whether a boy would give information to various adult figures if one of his friends were in trouble.
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It led to some rather incredible and colourful claims in the submission by the union that the employers had ratfinked on previous agreements.
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The dumb bastard says he never rat-finks on a woman. They're too precious, he tells me. And he should know. He has had many of them.
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There's a breed of people in every office who breed problems around them—ratfinking about your long lunch breaks, revealing confidential salary information, blaming everyone for every error.
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