(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…
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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.
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