Word Spy - attack fax

n. A fax transmission (usually sent to the media) that attacks the ideas or conduct of an opponent or rival.

Example Citation:

"The Clinton strategists...responded to the daily "Attack Fax" from the Bush campaign. (The Bush campaign used the facsimile machine to send off daily diatribes against Clinton to newspapers and local Bush campaign offices.)
—Christine M. Black, The Pursuit of the Presidency

Categories:

Telephones
Politics

Posted on October 20, 1997