# Coin a Covid-19 term **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 19, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822 "2020-03-19T18:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/1 "2020-03-19T18:20:03Z")
Whatever happens in the future I think it’s fair to assume this thing is going to leave a lasting impression on our culture. So here you can be a pioneer of pestilence, a soothsayer of sickness. Leave your linguistic mark on our soon-to-be-sick mother tongue. **Covid Kid** - the ‘latchkey’ of this generation, used to describe any manner of social awkwardness or poor education in the future from neglect or prescribed social distancing now. **TP Shopping** - going into the few remaining open stores only to use the bathroom and perhaps swipe some TP. **Covidiot** - the new antivaxer/conspiracy theorist who decides it’s all nonsense and gathers in crowds. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/2 "2020-03-19T18:27:18Z")
**Codependants** - people who ran out of toilet paper, and leaned on the generosity of their neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/3 "2020-03-19T18:34:08Z")
Moronavirus - wild rumors and fake news circulated by morons on social media. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/4 "2020-03-19T18:42:51Z")
**THD** aka **Tom Hanks Disease**. I saw it mentioned somewhere, not original concept, but hey. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/5 "2020-03-19T18:47:37Z")
**Covisionary** : one who saw it coming. **Coverupper** : one who tries to hide it. **Covenanter** : one who prays over it. **Covexinator** : one who is bothered. **Covaccinator** : one who vaccinates. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/6 "2020-03-19T18:58:16Z")
CORVIDer: One who crows about others getting the disease. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/7 "2020-03-19T19:15:52Z")
When you hear the term “the coronavirus,” do you imagine Wilford Brimley saying, “the diabeetus”? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/8 "2020-03-19T19:50:48Z")
Already a number of new [coronacoinages](https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2020/03/words-of-the-week-coronacoinages.html) in circulation. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/9 "2020-03-19T23:44:34Z")
The one I saw that made me chuckle was “Boomer Remover” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/10 "2020-03-20T02:13:09Z")
Orange is the new Black Death? ---
**Author:** ![Crossbreed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crossbreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crossbreed)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/11 "2020-03-23T03:05:59Z")
The 2020 Market-Stock Crash! ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/12 "2020-03-23T06:03:32Z")
**Covinomics** : All the money is gone. **Covodildonics** : The only safe sex. **Covilepsy** : A nasty viral twitch. **Covidiocy** : Presidential tweet. **Covindustry** : Mask-making. ---
**Author:** ![WhyWhyWhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whywhywhy/32/7539_2.png) [@WhyWhyWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyWhyWhy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/13 "2020-03-23T11:29:42Z")
Dingleberry Farm - A household with lots of kids but no tp. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/14 "2020-03-23T11:30:14Z")
Coronanxiety: the stress of being isolated Quaranteens: what we’ll call those born in the coming wave of births once they hit their awkward years QAT: quarantined apart together, like LAT but with a global pandemic going on ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/15 "2020-03-23T12:45:18Z")
I’ve heard “The Before Time” quite often to describe time just before this hit. Sounds a little too scary. I’d suggest: BCV (Before Corona Virus) E.g., “Two months BCV my cousin was going to take her kid and two grandkids to Hawaii starting today. Finally got talked out of it just the other day.” ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/16 "2020-03-23T13:59:10Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Whatever happens in the future I think it’s fair to assume this thing is going to leave a lasting impression on our culture. So here you can be a pioneer of pestilence, a soothsayer of sickness. Leave your linguistic mark on our soon-to-be-sick mother tongue. > **Covidiot** - the new antivaxer/conspiracy theorist who decides it’s all nonsense and gathers in crowds. Apparently, some folks dare other folks to lick door knobs and toilet seats. I would say this term is meant for them. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/17 "2020-03-23T14:17:50Z")
I’ll add “Pangolin Fever” to the list of disease names. “Space invader” - someone who invades your 6’/2m social distancing sphere and won’t back off when you try to move away from them, even when they have plenty of rom to stay the fuck away. Example: boomers in supermarket lines, even when there’s social distancing spacers on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/18 "2020-03-23T14:27:03Z")
“Karen Covid” - a woman who thinks essential oils, teas, oddball diets, meditation, and/or prayer will either prevent or cure COVID-19. What would be a good phrase for TV commercials for things you can’t buy, or places you can’t go anymore? For example, you’re watching a CNN story about shelter in place and empty airports, and there’s a block of commercials for Sandals resorts, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”, Emirates Air, and using MasterCard rewards points for concerts. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/19 "2020-03-23T14:52:11Z")
**Covided** - any planned event that is cancelled or modified due to the Covid crisis ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822/20 "2020-03-23T15:00:03Z")
COVFEFE-19: The term for the administration’s handling of the pandemic/press briefings/tweets/etc. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coin-a-covid-19-term/849822.md?page=2)