Wednesday 28 April 2021

Suggestions please for the worst Covid-19 related word.



I only heard of this word recently, and, frankly, I think it deserves an award.... what for; I'm not sure.

The story is thus; when bookshops eventually re-opened for browsing, Covid-19 was on everyone's minds, and its potential for fast-spreading was causing fear everywhere. 

We were told not to touch our post or shopping for 24 hrs, so that any attached virus had time to die. We were also told to sing 'Happy Birthday' to time ourselves whilst frantically scrubbing our hands. And in the bookshop world, we were told to place any books we'd handled onto a...

QUARANTROLLY:  n. mobile receptacle for 24 hr quarantining of books that may have been contaminated by virus-carrying person; esp Covid-19. 

There you are! Quarantrolly.

Can you think of a worse word?

33 comments:

  1. You might have heard my laughter all the way in France. Thank you for the late night belly laugh, Cro. I'll see if I can come up with a worse one tomorrow, but I doubt it.

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    1. This one's a goodie; isn't it. It'll be hard to beat.

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  2. I suppose when you remove the books it's 'off your trolley'.

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  3. So many new words have been added or renewed in our lives this year, flattening the curve, capsules,, mild lockdown, breathing lockdown and more and more.

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    1. When will it end? The dictionary compilers will be very busy.

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  4. Ha! I'd not heard that. My favourite word, not because it's awful but because I do like it is covennial, for all the kids born under the sign of Covid-19.

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    1. Yes, someone HAD to invent that one. Well spotted!

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    2. In 13 years times they'll be Quarrenteens...

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    3. Hahah! Love the Quaranteens!

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    4. He's a clever lad, that Ro.

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  5. Oh, staycation without doubt..which means a holiday at home, but is used to mean not leaving the UK.

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    1. It's a horrible word. Why can't people just say they're staying/holidaying in Britain.

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  6. Well, there are a lot of covidiots out there still.

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    1. 'Covidiots' was a good one.

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    2. Excellent is covididiots as it doesn't discriminate between those that believe in Covid and the naysayers.

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  7. Yes, I can think of a worse COVID word than that and it is "death". The Grim Reaper waits for us all.

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    1. Maybe we should coin 'Covideath'?

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    2. They already have. Death rates are to all intents average but everyone dies of Covid now. It's a fad like flared trousers or Jackfruit being a substitute for real food.

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    3. Over in the U.S. everyone is dying from it even though they haven't because the government is handing out money to the families if they die from Covid.

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  8. Is it French or English? I quite like the word.

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    1. English. Trolleys (Supermarket, etc) are called Chariots here. Very dramatic!

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    2. Not like NZ...trundlers!!

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    3. I've not heard that; interesting.

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  9. I can think of plenty of worse words but they are mostly unprintable.

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  10. Coronapocolypse. Which is just a bit overdramatic, methinks.

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    1. I've just thought of 'covariant', which is quite topical.

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  11. There are too many being too cutesy with all this.
    They have now told it you cannot get it from things that have been touched, what is that a cov-whoopsie?

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    1. I didn't mean you pointing it out, I meant the media which is getting it's jollies off , reporting about it.

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  12. JayCees' covidiots is excellent candidate for adding to dictionaries. Buy the domain name

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    1. covidiots.com What would they sell? Hand knitted masks? Placebo jabs?

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