Meaning of plague rat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rat which acts as a vector of the plague; a sewer rat.
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

Examples

“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.”

“This Plague Rat is planning superspreader events across the country and complaining that he and all of his prosperity gospel pals are “under attack”.”

“It’s a simple concept. You’re either contributing to humanity’s fight⟳ against this pestilence or you’re a plague rat. Don’t be a plague rat.”

“People are waxing their surfboards, or whatever surf-people do, waxing their bodies, polishing up their summer reading lists, and googling sangria recipes: preparing to live⟳ their best plague-rat lives. This whole thing is crazy, and makes me uneasy.”

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