pack rat



pack rat

A person who collects and hoards worthless items. Primarily heard in US. My old roommate was such a pack rat that, after six months, I could barely walk through the living room without tripping over his collection of junk.
See also: pack, rat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rozannero-ZANEnglish
Giambattistajahm-baht-TEE-stahItalian
Erikas-Lithuanian
Phoibe-Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Nnenna-Western African, Igbo
TatjanaTAHT-yah-nah (Finnish)Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish