- swift-boat[swift-boat 词源字典]
- "Target (a politician or public figure) with a campaign of personal attacks", 2004: with allusion to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a political action committee that funded an advertising campaign criticizing 2004 US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry's record of military service aboard a swift boat, a type of US Navy patrol craft, during the Vietnam War.[swift-boat etymology, swift-boat origin, 英语词源]