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swift boat

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  • noun A small, shallow draft water vessel used by the United States Navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War; Fast Patrol Craft (PCF).
  • verb US, neologism, pejorative, transitive to put forth sensational negative stories about a political figure as part of a smear campaign against them, especially regarding their military record

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  • vinyl commented on the word swift boat

    phrasal verb

    February 3, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the word swift boat

    See coffin broadsides for some historical context. Political campaigns did not get ugly just in the past few years. (For some real fun, check out the election of 1800.)

    October 11, 2008