If you cringe when people call it ‘rona...

[LadyCatStark]

Someone one my Facebook is calling this lockdown ‘locky d 2.0’ 😖 what’s that all about??

Rona doesn't bother me.

Like someone unthread said it's like saying flu.

Flu jab.
Rona jab.

Like easy to say and harmless.

Locky D 2.0 just seems odd to me.

I guess bubonic plague could have been Buddy?! Bobby?

As to what this will be referred to in history. I assume COVID pandemic?

Although I think trump will try and get it called Wuhan Virus.

Chinese COVID? That's in-line with Spanish flu thinking.

Locky d just makes me want a maccy d

It's Sunday

Is anyone having a Roasty D? 🤣🤣

I bet these are the same people who say their child with chicken pox has got “the pox”

@Footle

Bubba? Touch of the bonics?

It’s brought up all sorts of cringey vocabulary & clichés.

“Rolling out the vaccine” makes me think of a big cheese competition.

No-one I am friends with does this.

In Aus it's 'iso' for lockdown.

Said as in isolation but have also heard i-so- lonely.

Makes sense to me as an Aussie 🤐

Aaargh! Hadn't heard that one.

Face coverings - guvmuzzles

I wouldnt us these phrases myself but I find them mildly amusing.

‘Locky D’ actually mad me giggle but I expect that effect would soon wear off if people started using it all the time.

‘Covidiots’ already seems rathe dated!

Not as bad as plandemic or scamdemic

Look at "Hunsnet" on instagram. Some people are just taking the piss. It's quite funny

I call it the 'Rona 🤷
I don't say locky d 2 though!

Never seen anything like this at all.

I did see someone on my local newspaper website refer to Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance as Witless and unbalanced that made me giggle .

I dont mind rona.
HATE maccy ds, cheeky nandos, holibobs... but I don't mind rona!

I hate 'Rona.

Especially The Rona along with The pox,The baba. I think it's,to me, a slobby way of talking that denotes someone hard of thinking.

Sorry Twozerotwozero!

I've been calling it 'lockdown 2 electric bugaloo' but only in my head, I'm hoping I haven't said it out loud☺

I'd still love somebody to explain to me why 'rona is unacceptable compared to its etymologically identical cousin 'flu.

I also don't really understand the MN hatred for lighthearted use of 'the pox'. Chicken pox may not be the pox but it is a a pox, and probably the only one that any of us routinely come into contact with these days. Unless pp are suggesting that using the definite article will make people think that a six-year-old has syphilis, of course.

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

I hate 'Rona.

Especially The Rona along with The pox,The baba. I think it's,to me, a slobby way of talking that denotes someone hard of thinking.

Sorry Twozerotwozero!

I call my children by their names and they had chicken pox when they were little.

Calling Covid 19 "the 'Rona" makes it seem less scary and serious. Dh and I use the term jokingly: when we've been to the shop for example we'll say, "Don't bring 'Rona home with you!"

@myhobbyisouting

I hate "sets my teeth on edge" but it always appears on these threads

Me too...and "grinds my gears"

Not as bad as Boils my piss which is just vile .