Words we had never heard before 2020

[MagicSummer]

I was thinking of all the words which have become part of everyday language this year, which I for one would like never to hear again!

I will start:

Wuhan

@TravellingSpoon

'Next slide please'.

“exponential” or “ exponential growth”

“Your on mute”

I'd heard of furlough, on OITNB, in which context it meant compassionate leave from prison

@TravellingSpoon

'Next slide please'.

That made me laugh more than it should have hahaha 😂

Stay ‘the fuck’ at home.
Covidiot.

'I can't see you David, or you Jane'

Yes, that's because I'm smoking a cigarette before my Pilates session and there is no need for you to see that. I'm saving you from the horror.

Virtual event

Virtual experience

Both of the above are contradictions in terms.

Self isolating
Mask on
2metres, 2metres
Tiers
Lockdown

Already said by a PP but definitely ‘unprecedented’ is my nervous tic word, and it’s not just words we’d never heard before but also people...

Who had heard of Chris Witty or JVT prior to all this bollocks. And even thought I knew of Laura Kuenssberg I am sooooo sick to death of her now!

Quarantine. Not a new word but used in new ways eg. I'm quarantining my post.

Coronacoaster (ride)

Go for a walk.

Not a new expression obviously. But so bloody sick of hearing it, however well intentioned it may be.

Bloody key worker and working from home very over used on here 😂
Remote learning

Anosmia!

I was thinking about this just the other day, all the phrases and terms we have adopted in such a short time. Particularly:

Tier
Zoom
Bubbled with
Self isolate
Clinically vulnerable
Lockdown
Test swab
Anti-masker
Chris Whitty
Face shield / face covering
Support bubble
Long Covid

clap for the NHS

ring a bell for Santa

@Scarby9

Quarantine. Not a new word but used in new ways eg. I'm quarantining my post.

Useless fact I learned on FB: In the plague times, ships were held for 40 days before being allowed to dock. Quaranta is Italian for 40, and that's how 'quarantine' was derived.

Nobody outside of the UK has heard of furlough. We're very familiar with it here.

My phone now recognises COVID and lockdown.

@Rudolph That fact has made my day! Thank you.

Key bloody worker!!

AGP (Aerosol Generating Procedure)
FFP3
And although “doff” is not a new word, I’ve never used it so much. We have a whole room dedicated to doffing!

Also “now, more than ever”. And in the early days absolutely everything was “unprecedented”. That one has died down now... we’ve set all the precedents!

Variant. Apparently less scary than saying new virus

Not a new word, but a word that's been chuffing over used:

Selfish.

Social distancing

Uptick