Three fantasy books written by the author Elizabeth Moon.
The books tell the story of Paksenarrion, a sheep farmers daughter. When her father tries to marry her off to a pig farmer, she runs away and joins Duke Phelan's Company to become a worrier.
Books:
Sheepfarmer's Daughter
Divided Allegiance
Oath Of Gold
"I didn't -- I don't want to marry at all. I want to be a warrior like my cousin Jornoth. I've always like hunting and wrestling and being outdoors."
- Paksenarrion, Sheepfarmer's Daughter, The Deed of Paksenarrion
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.