2020isms

Words and phrases that were either created in, or came to increased use in 2020:

• “In these {unprecedented, difficult, stressful} times…”
• “It’s a lot…”
• “Now more than ever…”
• “Reopen the {economy, schools}”
• ACE2 Receptor
• Anti-masker
• Antigen Test
• AQI
• Armchair Epidemiologist
• Asymptomatic
• Back to normal
• CHAZ/CHOP
• Contact Tracing
• Coronavirus
• COVID-19
• COVIDiot
• Dalgona Coffee
• Doom Scrolling
• Doom Surfing
• Essential Worker/Economy
• Flatten the Curve
• Four Seasons Total Landscaping
• Germ Circle / Germ Bubble
• Herd Immunity
• Hot Chocolate Bomb
• K-Shaped Recovery
• Key Worker/Economy
• Mascne (Face Mask Acne)
• mRNA
• Murder Hornets
• N95 Mask
• New Normal
• Pandemic
• PCR Test
• PM2.5
• PPE
• Quarantime
• Quarantini
• Schadenscrolling
• Second Wave
• Seroprevalence
• Social Distancing
• Sourdough Starter
• Spike Protein
• Stay Home, Save Lives
• Stop the Spread
• Test and Trace
• Toilet Paper Shortage
• Transmission budget
• V-shaped Recovery
• Viral Load
• Viral Shedding
• Virtual {Learning, Marriage, Funeral}
• Virus Surge/Spike
• Warp Speed (ref)
• Work from Home
• Zoom Town