ratmageddonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

rat +‎ -mageddon

名詞

ratmageddon (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ratmageddons)

1. (informal) A disaster caused by or involving rats.
   • 2016, Carl Hoffman, "The project that could help determine Israel's future", The Jerusalem Post, 1 September 2016:

     Although we thus far seem to have been spared the traffic nightmares many people feared and what others were variously calling the coming “ratmageddon” or “ratpocalypse,” some issues that needed to be resolved have not yet been fixed.

   • 2017, "Breaking up Chicago's rat pack", Chicago Tribune, 26 October 2017:

     Money well spent, we say, if it eases the threat of a rat-mageddon in Chicago.

   • 2019, "Hunting rats with the dogs and men of the Tweed Valley Rat Pack", Scottish Field, 25 February 2019:

     When they finally hit the main nest it's ratmageddon as the terriers dive into the hole and onto their cornered quarry.