spyman wrote:
I am also new in this part of town.
Can someone PLEASE explain what the devil 'rarfism' is? Is it a term that has come out of Hartlepool in the last year or so, or is north-east in general?
Personally, I think it sounds shiit.

That's because you live in the wilds and usually converse in gutteral grunts probably incorporating a form of the words 'bugger, eighth again...'
Next time you are at the theatre of echoes, have a look around. If you spot anyone at all they will be a rarf. When those three twats tried to get at the Poolies at the derby match last season, they were demonstrating a form of rarfism. I.E. stupid behaviour likely to result in death, serious injury or being sent home without your trousers.