Curse
Curse noun - A prayer that harm will come to someone.
Pest
Pest noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.
Usage example: one of the great pests of the 20th century was the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed millions across the globe
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The jury is out on the justification of the "curse" of Awesome being Fantastic Racism; on one hand, superpowers aren't that much fun when the majority of the population believe suffocating you in your sleep is pest control.
Source: Cursed with Awesome -
Wallace & Gromit seem to change careers during their last three features; in A Close Shave, they had a window-cleaning operation; in Curse of the Were-Rabbit they ran a humane pest-control service, and in A Matter of Loaf and Death, they converted their home into a bakery.
Source: New Job as the Plot Demands
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