# 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_Total_Landscaping_press_conference))
-   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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number))
-   Regeneron
    ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneron_Pharmaceuticals#Experimental_treatment_for_COVID-19))
-   Remdesivir ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remdesivir))
-   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](https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/06/16/fact-sheet-explaining-operation-warp-speed.html))
-   Work from Home
-   Zoom Town
-   Zoonotic Crossover

## 2021 Addendum

-   Astrozenica
-   B.1.617.2 ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Delta_variant))
-   Booster Shot
-   Comirnaty
-   Delta variant (also: Alpha/Beta/Lambda/Gamma Variants)
-   Ever Given
    ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given#2021_Suez_Canal_grounding))
-   "Fully Vaccinated"
-   GME
    ([ref](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-25/the-game-never-stops))
-   Infrastructure Bill
-   Ivermectin
-   Johnson and Johnson
-   "Lab Leak Hypothesis"
-   Moderna
-   NFT
-   Pfizer
-   Sinovac
-   Sputnik V
-   Sterilizing immunity
-   Vaccine {Escape, Passport, Mandate, Lottery}