Meaning of maskhole | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who refuses to wear a facemask during the COVID-19 pandemic.
   derogatory, slang
2. A person who harasses others for not wearing a face mask.
   derogatory, slang
3. A person who insists on wearing a mask long after the covid pandemic is over, including when alone in the car or at home.
   derogatory, slang

Examples

“Why is this my problem to deal with? This maskhole? This covidiot whose stupidity is putting me at risk? This isn't what I signed up for.”

“The Maskhole wears theirs halfway down the face, while grinning, thus rendering the protection to others null and void.”

“Kimmel first tore into “maskhole” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for shredding up a warning from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), regarding Congress’ mask mandate.”

“Maskholes and other assorted Covid-era jagoffs have shown the level of abuse that these jobs subject people to, and if the extra unemployment gave people the leverage to hold out for more money to take that abuse, I’m all for it.”

“I did not mean Masshole. I meant Maskhole a virtue-signaling, white-privilege 'progressive' who knows nothing about COVID, but believes he does and also believes he has some inherent right to tell everyone else how to live their lives on account of COVID.”

“Well, look, I wear a mask, I try not to be a maskhole about it. If I see — if I see somebody who doesn't have a mask, I don't call 911.”

“Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “speaker maskhole,” as she revealed that she has now been sent two warning letters for not wearing a face mask in Congress.”

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