A neighborhood in Niagara Falle, NY which was the site of notoriety and international attention following the discovery of 21000 tons of toxic waste buried directly underneath. A school and a residential neighborhood was built on top of it. Evacuation began in 1978. It is now the Love Canal Leachate Treatment Facility, and residential areas around it are known as Black Creek.
Person A: That girl has three rows of teeth. Is that normal?
Person B: Sure it is, if you live in Love Canal.
As you have just heard, birth defects, genetic disorders and anomalies were common, especially for children living on top of 21,000 tons of toxic waste.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.