Meanings
- USneologismslangAlligator AlcatrazFirst known use 2025
Within hours of the first news reports, folks at Bluesky were calling it “Alligator Auschwitz.”
[2025 June 30, Joan Walsh, “The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz””, in The Nation, archived from the original on 13 Jan 20261 more example
“Call it what it is,” several have demanded: “Alligator Auschwitz.” Some other media outlets have already taken to parroting the Auschwitz nickname. ¶ Let me be clear: I will not call it that. ¶ Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Alcatraz” moniker may be gaslighting political schtick, but Auschwitz is a place where more than 1 million people were systemically murdered.
2025 July 23, Scott Maxwell, “Don’t call it ‘Alligator Auschwitz.’ But do get angry”, in Orlando Sentinel, page A.3
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