roorbackn.

Brit.

/ˈrɔːbak/,

/ˈrʊəbak/, U.S.

/ˈrʊrˌbæk/

Forms: 1800s– roarback, 1800s– roorbach, 1800s– roorback. Also with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Roorback.

Etymology: < the name of the fictitious author Baron von Roorback (also sometimes referred to as von Roorbach).In September 1844 an abolitionist newspaper in Ithaca, New York, published what was claimed to be an extract from ‘Roorback's Tour through the Western and Southern States in 1836’ in which the author describes seeing an encampment of African Americans destined for the Louisiana sugar mills and branded with the initials of James K. Polk, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The extract was taken from an actual travel book ( G. W. Featherstonhaugh Excursion through the Slave States (1844)), but the offending passage was a forged interpolation.

U.S. Now archaic or historical.

A false report or slander promulgated for political purposes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > slander for political purposes

roorback1844

1844 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 26 Sept. 2/4 (headline) The ‘Roorback’ story.

1844 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 9 Oct. 1/7 (headline) Another ‘Roorback’.

1844 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 26 Oct. 2/2 Roorbacks respecting imaginary tamperings of the Whigs with the Natives.

1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 368 Among the efforts made to defeat the election of Mr. Polk was one to which allusion is frequently made in political discussion, politicians speaking of a political lie as a ‘Roorback’.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 6 Sept. The Herald and Globe abound in roorbacks which are designed to influence the vote in Maine.

1913 A. B. Reeve Poisoned Pen xii. 367 Billy McLoughlin knows how to make the best use of such a roorback on the eve of an election.

1925 Amer. Mercury July 381/2 Nor is the journalist's credulity confined to such canards and roorbacks from far places.

2007 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Dec. a18 It was a roorback, a devastating rumour floated by their opponents too late in the campaign to allow an effective counterattack.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1844¹ [see main sense].

1844 Republican Sentinel (Richmond, Va.) 4 Oct. 3/3 The rapid succession of events in the ‘Roorback’ line, has satisfied us, that the whole matter is a quiz or a forgery.

1870 A. Maverick Henry J. Raymond & N.Y. Press xxv. 318 Where the Roorback forgery reads ‘Duck River’, the genuine book says ‘New River’; and the concluding passage is pure invention.

1947 Chicago Daily News 27 Mar. 6/1 The roorback stage of the closing days of the campaign broke wide open today with appeals to racial and religious prejudice coming to the surface in many sections of the city.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roorback
释义	roorbackn. Brit. /ˈrɔːbak/, /ˈrʊəbak/, U.S. /ˈrʊrˌbæk/ Forms: 1800s– roarback, 1800s– roorbach, 1800s– roorback. Also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Roorback. Etymology: < the name of the fictitious author Baron von Roorback (also sometimes referred to as von Roorbach).In September 1844 an abolitionist newspaper in Ithaca, New York, published what was claimed to be an extract from ‘Roorback's Tour through the Western and Southern States in 1836’ in which the author describes seeing an encampment of African Americans destined for the Louisiana sugar mills and branded with the initials of James K. Polk, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The extract was taken from an actual travel book ( G. W. Featherstonhaugh Excursion through the Slave States (1844)), but the offending passage was a forged interpolation. U.S. Now archaic or historical. A false report or slander promulgated for political purposes. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > slander for political purposes roorback1844 1844 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 26 Sept. 2/4 (headline) The ‘Roorback’ story. 1844 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 9 Oct. 1/7 (headline) Another ‘Roorback’. 1844 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 26 Oct. 2/2 Roorbacks respecting imaginary tamperings of the Whigs with the Natives. 1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 368 Among the efforts made to defeat the election of Mr. Polk was one to which allusion is frequently made in political discussion, politicians speaking of a political lie as a ‘Roorback’. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 6 Sept. The Herald and Globe abound in roorbacks which are designed to influence the vote in Maine. 1913 A. B. Reeve Poisoned Pen xii. 367 Billy McLoughlin knows how to make the best use of such a roorback on the eve of an election. 1925 Amer. Mercury July 381/2 Nor is the journalist's credulity confined to such canards and roorbacks from far places. 2007 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Dec. a18 It was a roorback, a devastating rumour floated by their opponents too late in the campaign to allow an effective counterattack. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1844¹ [see main sense]. 1844 Republican Sentinel (Richmond, Va.) 4 Oct. 3/3 The rapid succession of events in the ‘Roorback’ line, has satisfied us, that the whole matter is a quiz or a forgery. 1870 A. Maverick Henry J. Raymond & N.Y. Press xxv. 318 Where the Roorback forgery reads ‘Duck River’, the genuine book says ‘New River’; and the concluding passage is pure invention. 1947 Chicago Daily News 27 Mar. 6/1 The roorback stage of the closing days of the campaign broke wide open today with appeals to racial and religious prejudice coming to the surface in many sections of the city. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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