ratrace 

the office crowd, running like rats in the subway and the streets between 7.30-8.30 to get at their desks on time.

New York, dude! That's the biggest ratrace on this damn planet!

ratrace by Achilles Peklaris November 8, 2007

ratrace 

A political election.

"I hope Kerry wins this years ratrace."

ratrace by Missy September 16, 2004

rat race choir

The indistinguishable mass voice of an enslaved throng, first articulated by Bob Dylan in his iconic song, “It’s Alright, Ma.”

Don’t even think about questioning authority, just stand there and quietly sing along with the rat race choir!

rat race choir by Dr Bunnygirl June 28, 2020

rat race

Rat Race is a term used to describe a frustrating, hard-to-break financial lifestyle. It is a lifestyle that is lived by countless people, oblivious to the very nature of it, to a degree that even when called upon, vehemently deny it.

To summarize the Rat Race, It involves subjecting one's self to a time-consuming job, saddling one's self with heavy mortgages/rents, bills, children, and liabilities, forcing the individual to continue busting his or her ass at that same job. The illusion that working at the same job will be better bars off alternatives.

It is also a misconception that getting more money will solve financial distress, but those who subject themselves most voluntarily to the race, just spend more and more, digging themselves the same hole. "I'm not interested in money." They will say. If they aren't, then why are they thanklessly toiling their lives away and constantly bitching about their financial scarcity?

It involves a variable combonation of self-induced fear of poorness, a lack of choice, horrible spending habits, or the inability to adapt to the new changes in the work force taking place during the time of this definition entry.

There exists many options for financial gain and exit of the rat race. Remember, the definition of insanity also entails doing the same thing over and over again, in an attempt to make things change.

~ My father is well educated and works a decent paying job, but gets taxed through the nose as he busts his ass for 60 hours a week. He claims to not like money, but his hairs have gone from financial stress. He's forever stuck in the rat race.

~ My mother married a shitty man and had three kids, myself included. She let the man handle all of the expenses, and eventually she got dropped cold turkey. While trying to fight for child support, she had no choice but to enter the rat race at her older age. We did too, when we started becoming adults.

rat race by AuryD June 27, 2009

winning the rat race 

This is a cynical saying about competition in life, the rats keep winning the rat race. The low and ruthless become most successful.

I'm gonna retire l am tired of the rats winning the rat race.

winning the rat race by I, Wreckerrr May 11, 2021

ratface 

An ugly chick, most commonly with a ratlike nose/other features.

Holly is such a ratface, that nose of hers is soooo annoying!

ratface by Sister Helen August 30, 2008

rat race

an employment situation marked by tedious work and high stress

After going through the rat race for a decade and getting no respect from his co-workers, He felt It was time for a change of scenery.

rat race by The Return of Light Joker September 5, 2010