cockroach
(slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
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'Terrible' cockroach infestation driving residents out of Perth housing block: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/cockroaches-invade-perth-apartment-building/106650032
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Residents are seeking to break their leases as a cockroach infestation at an inner-west public housing unit spreads.
The average bar of chocolate contains at least one cockroach. Most food contains bugs and there is nothing anyone can do about it. 'Rocky Mountain Oysters' are made from cow testicles, not seafood. Follow me for mo…
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(slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
I want a divorce, you cockroach!
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Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order that is not a termite.
Then there were cockroach hunts; we chased them out of their haunts, where at night they busily devoured currants, jam, and sugar; in fact their diet was far more varied than ours, for they made plentiful meals off our boots, the coverin…
“The average bar of chocolate contains at least one cockroach. Most food contains bugs and there is nothing anyone can do about it. 'Rocky Mountain Oysters' are made from cow testicles, not seafood. Follow me for more terrible facts that will haunt you to your last breath.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I got a call from the local pest control company to offer me monthly ant and cockroach inspections. No thanks, I said, I already found them!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If a cockroach ever invaded my space you bet your ass I'm bringing in the steel chair”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Another cockroach to shine a light on, this time in the form of a late-night bill trying to sneak in ONE BILLION of taxpayer dollars for this proposed abomination. Yeah, you know, that one trump said would be privately funded. Mmmhm.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Giuliani is Trump's Renfield. Every time you think he's done for, he eats a cockroach or spider or something and bounces right back.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang, derogatory, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
During the Rwandan genocide, Hutu genocidaires labelled Tutsis as cockroaches and called for their extermination.
“Burglin' Gnomes - Any% Cockroach [Solo] in 2:05 by RubyBlock”
— Bluesky· May 2026“'Terrible' cockroach infestation driving residents out of Perth housing block: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/cockroaches-invade-perth-apartment-building/106650032”
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— Bluesky· May 2026“Residents are seeking to break their leases as a cockroach infestation at an inner-west public housing unit spreads.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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