[Ads-l] Word: twindemic

Nancy Friedman wordworking at GMAIL.COM
Fri Sep 11 21:16:56 UTC 2020


I wrote about "twindemic" and other novel corona-words on August 20, citing
an August 16 New York Times article. (Scroll down the post.)

https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2020/08/coronacoinages-iv.html


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On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 2:11 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Researcher Barry Popik has already explored "twindemic". He posted
> about "twindemic" last week. He traced it back to the tweet from
> @MaydNMerica
>
> Entry from September 03, 2020
> Twindemic (twin + -demic)
> https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/twindemic/
>
> Garson
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 4:44 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Email sent from Winn Dixie supermarket and received by me on September
> 11, 2020.
> >
> > [Begin excerpt]
> > While there isn’t a vaccine for COVID-19 (yet!), there is one for
> > influenza. Health care experts are pushing the importance of flu shots
> > this year in fear of what they are calling a "twindemic".
> > [End excerpt]
> >
> > On July 2, 2020  @Alt_NASA asked about a term for simultaneous
> > pandemics. @MaydNMerica answered with "twindemic". The tweet named two
> > virus related terms: H1N1 and Covid-19. But the terminology was a
> > little mixed up. H1N1 is an influenza A virus subtype. Covid-19 is a
> > viral disease.
> >
> > [Begin tweet info]
> > https://twitter.com/Alt_NASA/status/1278835274374688769?s=20
> > AltNASA @Alt_NASA
> > What's the term for simultaneous pandemics?
> > 7:37 PM · Jul 2, 2020·Twitter for Android
> > [End tweet info]
> >
> > [Begin tweet info for response to AltNASA]
> > https://twitter.com/MaydNMerica/status/1278839495144755205?s=20
> > DangerDangerDanger @MaydNMerica
> > Replying to @Alt_NASA
> > H1N1 & Covid-19=twindemic
> > 7:54 PM · Jul 2, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
> > [End tweet info]
> >
> > There are some earlier tweets with twindemic, but the sense seems to
> > be different.
> >
> > [Begin tweet info]
> > https://twitter.com/LDrogosPhD/status/1070819291144966144
> > Dr. Lauren Drogos @LDrogosPhD
> > Should I use #Twindemic2019 as a hashtag?
> > @HubsPhD HELP!
> > 6:16 PM · Dec 6, 2018·Twitter Web Client
> > [End tweet info]
> >
> > [Begin tweet info]
> > https://twitter.com/HubsPhD/status/1070821945879347200?s=20
> > Erik Carlson @HubsPhD
> > Replying to @LDrogosPhD
> > Twindemic sounds like a plague of twins....
> > TwinTrackAcademic?
> > 6:27 PM · Dec 6, 2018·Twitter for Android
> > [End tweet info]
> >
> > Garson
>
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