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
- Convalescent plasma
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- COVIDiot
- Curbside Pickup
- Dalgona Coffee
- Doom Scrolling
- Doom Surfing
- Essential Worker/Economy
- Flatten the Curve
- Four Seasons Total Landscaping
(ref)
- Germ Circle / Germ Bubble
- Herd Immunity
- Hospitalization Rate
- Hot Chocolate Bomb
- Hydro
- K-Shaped Recovery
- Key Worker/Economy
- KN95 Mask
- Lockdown
- Mascne (Face Mask Acne)
- Mask Mandate
- microCOVID
- mRNA
- Murder Hornets
- N95 Mask
- New Normal
- Outdoor Dining
- Pandemic
- PCR Test
- PM2.5
- PPE
- Quarantime
- Quarantini
- R0 / R-value / R-naught
(ref)
- Regeneron
(ref)
- Remdesivir (ref)
- Remote {Learning, Work}
- RTO (“Return to office”)
- 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
- Ventilator
- Viral Load
- Viral Shedding
- Virtual {Learning, Marriage, Funeral}
- Virus Surge/Spike
- Warp Speed
(ref)
- Work from Home
- Zoom Town
- Zoonotic Crossover
2021 Addendum
- Astrozenica
- B.1.617.2 (ref)
- Booster Shot
- Comirnaty
- Delta variant (also: Alpha/Beta/Lambda/Gamma Variants)
- Ever Given
(ref)
- “Fully Vaccinated”
- GME
(ref)
- Infrastructure Bill
- Ivermectin
- Johnson and Johnson
- “Lab Leak Hypothesis”
- Moderna
- NFT
- Pfizer
- Sinovac
- Sputnik V
- Sterilizing immunity
- Vaccine {Escape, Passport, Mandate, Lottery}