To ask what Covid related words and phrases are you sick of hearing? (lighthearted)

[Rainbowb]

This is not to undermine the seriousness of the pandemic at all, this is just an observation on language use and the general mood of the public. Covid has provoked lots of new expressions that are being used over and over again and for me some of them are beginning to epitomise my feelings of weariness and are beginning to rankle. Phrases like two metres, unprecedented, bubble, social distancing- I feel like I can’t bear to hear them anymore!

@AhBallix You're right about Boris's diction being irritating; I think the worst one so far was "squeeeeeeeeze the brakes".

Cast your mind back to a much-hyped event of 1999, all about flocking: "millions will be flocking to Devon and Cornwall to see the total eclipse". Also, virtue-signalling pictures of children wearing eclipse glasses were everywhere; nowadays it's the masks. (I remember thinking at the time: wouldn't it be funny if it had been miscalculated, and the eclipse didn't happen, after all the hype! But I even remember my teacher at primary school telling us about it in 1989, ten years before.)

Did he mishear? I thought he just disagreed with her attitude full stop.

I once referred to that incident on Mumsnet and was told firmly she was most definitely a bigoted woman.

When people say "there's a pandemic on".

People may disagree but 'key worker' and 'hero' especially if used together.

I have no problem with it when talking about NHS workers but I work in domiciliary care and therefore a key worker. Believe me I'm no more a hero now than I was before this pandemic.

My co worker agrees and we can't help but find the hero talk ever so slightly OTT.

I say that tabletime.

I accept it seems a bit redundant but you'd be surprised what my family come up with by way of plans.

@stressbucket1

FULL PPE when used to describe a mask and a pair of gloves.

Haha I wish that was all it was. Working in care means gloves, aprons and face mask.

When it was taking care of someone suspected to have coronavirus, it was that with plastic sleeves and a face shield on top. And we had to double up on gloves and aprons.

Full PPE = free and unwanted sauna

I got really annoyed with the "All people are asking you to do is stay at home and watch Netflix," type of comments. No, on the normal 3 days a week I have to work I am still doing the same job except at home, and turns out there's more of it to do because pandemic. Meanwhile on my 2 non working days dh was off to work in a fairly high risk job (fortunately due to the nature of his job it did decline and he only had to go in 2 days a week which they coordinated with my non working days) which could and as it turned out did lead to us getting infected with the virus (fortunately symptom.free). So those 2 days I was trying to entertain and educate a bored and stressed 6 year old So sitting around watching Netflix rarely came into it.

Droplets

Shielding. Repeated ad infinitum by my actually very nice neighbour who inserts it into every sentence she utters.
Key worker. If you genuinely are one and helped to keep the country going, then I thank you. But that phrase, used at my work (a school) to wheedle childcare, special favours and things other more needy parents weren't entitled to or able to access, when you're definitely not a key worker, not so much.
Clap for...It was so moving the first time, but awkward thereafter round our way!
I haven't heard muzzle yet - I quite like it! Sorry!

Trust “the science”
Stay safe—— aghhhhhhhh

Oh yes, "the science"! I do like Chris Whitty and Dr Jenny though!
We find it amusing to say stupid things like keep safe (where to put it?) take care (where to?) and remain a lert (what's a lert)
But we're a bit immature as you can tell.. 🙊

Droplets is a good call.

Fomites is also a word I'd happily never hear used.

I know a "critical" worker.

It's a shade less heroic I believe!

Bloody furlough!

Wtf is blended learning please? Purée'd maths?

'New Normal'
Wrapped our arms around...(did they heck as like)

Self isolate. Just isolate is fine.

Global epidemic (WTAF....pandemic maybe!?)

Strange times (every email for the first few months has this phrase, I must have missed the memo)

Eat out to help out boils my poss too

Venturing.

As in,”Have you ventured out to the shops / park/ own garden / out of your own front door “. Reminds me of little dormice peeping out then scurrying back

I also agree with “flocking”, and the “socially distanced-” prefixes to any activity that you’ve ventured out to do

It grates on me when people qualify their activities with "socially distant" ie "I went for a socially distant walk with a friend" or "we're having a socially distant BBQ" - just talk normally FFS! I'm not going to demand to know if you'll be social distancing! It also really fucked me off when people kept going on about their "daily exercise" as if it was the law to do some. Just say you've been for a walk, I'm not judging you. And "stay safe" at the end of texts/emails. Makes me want to go and play with some live wires or something.

Ha cross post with abracadabra

The 'bigoted' women said 'Where are they all flocking from ' the immigrants who were coming to the UK - and ol fashioned word which G B misheard as where are they all fxxxing from. She wasn't the type of woman to use a 4 letter word, in fact I think the conversation was recorded. He was a bit stressed at the time.

@Arcadia

Droplets

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