The term 'covid times'

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AIBU to feel slightly more annoyed every time I hear this being said?!

I'm definitely being petty It's just a phrase that really grates on me. 'We should meet up after these covid times are over.'

Am I alone in this?

Just me then!

It's an era of our lives that we have never experienced (and hopefully never will again) so I think YABU - sorry...

@Royalbloo

It's an era of our lives that we have never experienced (and hopefully never will again) so I think YABU - sorry...

Fair enough!

It's rather Dickensian! I quite like it. Sure my (hypothetical) grandchildren will study Covid Times of Yore

It doesn't bother me, there's talk of the 'before times' too - hopefully we will soon be in the 'after times'

I'm with you Op I'm also sick of hearing the term "The Covid"

I can't stand 'stay home'. I always think it should be 'stay AT home', the other way seems more American!
But yes, nearly any sound bite to do with Covid irritates me.

I like it as a term, and I use it too. It has an element of hope in it - in that it’s finite, the times will come to an end. In the future, we, or generations to come, will refer back in history to the covid times, just as we might say Victorian times.

I cannot remember anyone using the term. Still hope whatever term you use it is an event never repeated.

I’m sick of hearing “when this is all over”, just feels like we’ve been saying it forever now!

I use 'covid times', sometimes 'corona times' depending on who I'm talking with. Corona is the more widely used word in some countries so I'll use that with some of my friends.

What would you call it? I fairly often have to refer to things we did "before covid" or "in covid times" and hopefully soon I'll be able to add "after covid" too.

@ChocOrange1

What would you call it? I fairly often have to refer to things we did "before covid" or "in covid times" and hopefully soon I'll be able to add "after covid" too.

I generally refer to it as the pandemic. For example while some may say 'how dare you cough on strangers during covid times' I would say 'how dare you cough on strangers during a pandemic!'

I agree @notinthestarsigns about 'when this is all over!' See also 'during these unprecedented/scary times.'

I am just so very glad people have stopped referring to “the new normal”