The Ersatz Elevator

What is the importance of the Baudelaire orphans' new guardians being named Squalor?

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Squalor means filthy or dirty, so already the author is foreshadowing that the guardians aren't going to be nice people. The Squalors are not going to be good for the orphans.

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The Ersatz Elevator