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, 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, 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, page 488:

     “You’re too young to have been a Chernobylite,” says Lyudmilla.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chernobylite.