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shit-bombing

shit-bombing
 n.— «A new phrase was coined to describe one of Chairman Rawlings’ tools for dealing with the private media—”shit-bombing.” “Shit-bombing” is the act of pouring human excrement (fecal material) on the doorsteps and premises of media houses which have displeased the “Chairman of the revolution.”» —“Cry A Beloved Country” by Ato Kwamena Accra Daily Mail (Ghana) Nov. 8, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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