Rat-licker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who refuses to take preventative measures during a disease outbreak (especially the COVID-19 pandemic). derogatory, neologism

    "> I'm the kind of person who prefers to stay indoors. good to know you ain't no rat-licker: [link to the Urban Dictionary entry of “rat-licker”]"

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"> I'm the kind of person who prefers to stay indoors. good to know you ain't no rat-licker: [link to the Urban Dictionary entry of “rat-licker”]"

Etymology

From the urban myth that people in the Middle Ages licked rats to ward off the bubonic plague.

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