[Ads-l] Covidiot

[Ben Zimmer]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:46 AM Hugo <hugovk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some tweets yesterday:
>
[snip]

> Definitely should be included in the next edition of the Oxford English
> Dictionary #Covidiot https://t.co/rW0heLNWoD
>
> https://twitter.com/OfficialTerry1/status/1241415992447766531
>
> See the last one for a definition in the image.
>

After seeing this shared on social media yesterday, I was curious to know
who first posted it. Compared to most faux dictionary entries, it's pretty
high quality (down to the correct IPA!). This is the earliest I've found
(timestamped at 2:20 am on Mar. 21), but I doubt it's the original...

https://twitter.com/nisheethsharan/status/1241248368384335872

--bgz

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