[Ads-l] Covidiot

[Nancy Friedman]

There's an Urban Dictionary definition dated March 14.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Covidiot

Video example (not hashtagged, but might as well be):
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1241485175915048961?s=20


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On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:56 AM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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