ratbag

/ ˈrætˌbæɡ /

noun

1. slang,  a despicable person

Word History and Origins

Origin of ratbag¹

C20: from _rat + _bag

Example Sentences

In the same interview, he described males who transition to female as “mutilated” men, and Caitlyn Jenner in particular as “a publicity-seeking ratbag.”

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The ratbag attitude runs deep.

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Under very different circumstances, two women return to the coastal resort where they grew up, 17 years on from accusations that they murdered their duplicitous ratbag schoolteacher.

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I sat in a suite at the Savoy hotel, in privilege, resenting the woeful ratbag I once was, who, for all his problems, had drugs.

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Then came divorce from Uma Thurman, amid rumours of an affair with the couple's nanny, and vilification by the tabloids as Public Ratbag No 1.

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