plague rat

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rat which acts as a vector of the plague; a sewer rat.
    — She was found to be one of the type of white women whose nasal organs appear never to have been developed, and who take to the loathsome Mongolian and his filthy hovel as blithely as a plague rat to a sewer.
  2. Someone who refuses to follow anti-pandemic rules and guidelines or even takes actions, such as attending unnecessary events, that promote the spread of illness. derogatory,neologism
    — This Plague Rat is planning superspreader events across the country and complaining that he and all of his prosperity gospel pals are “under attack”.

词形变化

plague rats plural

词源

Modern sense coined during the COVID-19 pandemic as a reference to rats being a common carrier of disease, possibly also looking at the role of rats in the Black Plague and influenced by the use of "rat" as a derogatory insult in general.
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