Evil people were, are and will be, and we must come to terms with this. There will always be someone who is sure to envy you, because you can’t hide from it! What will envy? Well … at least a new handbag. Whole car. Recent repairs, buying a summer house, going to a cafe, obedient children, or simply work. Yes, you never know what to envy! It is enough to take something that gives a person at least a little pleasure (or at least does not cause trouble) - and here it is, a reason for envy.
And to say something offensive is always welcome. Some even enjoy the fact that they call other people names in different ways. The use of swear words is not at all necessary, because even the cutest phraseological unit "clerical rat" is, in general, an attempt to insult.
So, you have been called this rodent, and you are at a loss: is it worth being offended by this? Let's try to figure it out.
Interpretation of the term "clerical rat"
First of all, it should be borne in mind that this term is both a phraseological unit (a stable expression) and a paraphrase (what should not be taken literally).
So, if you have already imagined the cutest little rat reading important documents, then alas. It would be very nice if that were the case, but in that case, this expression would not be considered an attempt to insult another.
The term "clerical rat" means a small worker in an office or government agency, who spends most of his time looking through various papers and documents. And everything would be fine, but this term also implies that, apart from a not very interesting job, the poor rat has nothing: no family, no friends, no talents, interests or hobbies.
The whole life of a rat revolves around a dull job, in addition to which the unfortunate has nothing. And, as if this is not enough, the clerical rat does its job very poorly. If it does at all.
What else can they call it?
The following paraphrases are also considered synonyms for the unfortunate clerical rodent:
- Office plankton.
- Businessman.
- Ink or paper soul.
- Formalist.
- Blotter.
- Servant, chinodral.
- Command hook.
- Soulless bureaucrat.
- Ink Rat.
And many other, not entirely censorship terms that should not be quoted here.
Sooffended or not?
Well, that's up to you. The meaning of the term, of course, is not the most joyful, but there is nothing bad either. This is if we take it literally.
Don't beat yourself up, nothing bad happened! Well, they called you a clerical rat. A cute animal, and even has a job, and not everyone is lucky with this these days. Just remember the words of Yeshua from The Master and Margarita: "They called me a dog, but I don't see anything wrong with this animal."
But the one who called you that should either be completely removed from the closest social circle, or change your attitude towards him. That is, unless such a joke was said by your best friend in order to pull you out of work and finally take you out for a walk.
I am a clerical rat… how to live now?
The fact that you were called that only matters to you. A stationery rat can work comfortably, have Sunday picnics, go on vacation several times a year, and generally enjoy life.
So throw the words of envious people out of your head and give them even more reasons to slander - let their tongues swell from gossip and name-calling.
Enjoy every moment of your life and don't think about trifles!
