[Ads-l] "Rona" = coronavirus

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

Just thought I'd pop in to report that some Twitter users have adopted
"rona" (or "Rona") as a shortened form of "coronavirus." (I'm sure this is
on other forms of social media, but I'm mostly on Twitter.)

It's often preceded by "the" or "la," the latter even in tweets in English.

A few examples:

"Rona got us fucked up, so we kicking it on FaceTime"

"jordan peele is going to make a horror movie about the spring breakers
during rona and while the message will be disjointed he'll get the oscar he
deserved for get out"

"There’s no way the rona skipped over Donald and got Idris. Somebody lyin"

"la rona might not be fully controlled until july/august...."

"i've had bronchitis for like 3 weeks now.. it's not getting worse so i
know it's not la rona. but it's still kinda concerning. :/ "

-- Bonnie

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