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mall rat
mall rat
/ mɔːl /
noun
slang, a youngster who spends much of his or her time in shopping malls
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The term “mall rat” was crafted in 1982 in the Chicago Sun-Times, per the Oxford English Dictionary.
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It was where kids stocked up on the latest fashions and roamed in packs after school, spawning the term “mall rat.”
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Yes, I was a teenage mall rat.
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When the camera pans up, he's pointing to a Sbarro — a pizza chain that once occupied a slot at the top of the mall rat food pyramid.
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Mall rat culture meets government conspiracy and otherworldly evil in the new, eight-episode season.
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