Here’s the “tea” on the latest corona lingo in 2020
If you see your teenager text CD9 just as you walk in the room during iso, it's a Code 9 Parent Alert!
A neologism is a newly coined phrase driven by popular culture on the fringe of mainstream use. Think back to meme, factoid, geek etc.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Infodemic - Global switching from traditional media sources to social media at unprecedented speeds
Cancel culture - The practice of cancelling support for public figures to shame them
(UN) SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Virtue signalling - Empty acts of public commitment during a crisis aka Slacktivism
Woke - Culturally in touch and enlightened regarding current societal issues especially racism
Zoombombing – Replaced photobombing!
Super-spreader - An corona asymptomatic person unwittingly spreading the virus to large numbers of unsuspecting people.
NEXT GENERATION
Coronials – kids born after 1 January 2021
Quaranteens - homeschooled kids
Gen C - any teen forced to spend too much time with Mum and Dad WFH … eeooww!
DRINKS
Quarantini - martini in isolation
Quarantipple - the drink before the quarantini
Hydroxychloroquine – Presidential cocktail
NO WORDS
Covidiot - anti-maskers who think the world is flat
ARCHETYPES
Karen (from Brighton, Bunnings and the Border)
Kevin - Male version of Karen
My fave is covidiot aka a whackjob.
Sums it up beautifully.
Please stay at home!