Chernobylite

See also: chernobylite

English

Etymology

From Chernobyl +‎ -ite.

Noun

Chernobylite (plural Chernobylites)

  1. A survivor of the Chernobyl disaster.
    • 1988, David R. Marples, The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster‎[1], page 156:
      The man who interrogated the driver commented that vigilance was needed to ensure that people did not get rich off the misfortune of the “Chernobylites.”
    • 2005, Svetlana Aleksievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster‎[2], page 79:
      I got home, I’d go dancing. I’d meet a girl I liked and say, “Let’s get to know one another.”
      “What for? You’re a Chernobylite now. I’d be scared to have your kids.”
    • 2008, Michael Beres, Chernobyl Murders‎[3], page 488:
      “You’re too young to have been a Chernobylite,” says Lyudmilla.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chernobylite.
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