[Ads-l] Covidiot

[Laurence Horn]

I think it’s covIDidot, with the shared overlap of all the best blends,
e.g. mOTel, tELEVangelist, cREMAins,...

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 4:28 PM David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>
wrote:

> Is it cov+ideot
> Or is it covid+eot
>
> I prefer the first
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 22, 2020, at 3:50 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Poster:       Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: Covidiot
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> > I know "covidiot" appeared earlier, e.g. this tweet from Feb. 26 calling
> > Trump "COVIDIOT-45":
> >
> > https://twitter.com/RebeccaNewell7/status/1232663460380631040
> >
> > ...but I was interested specifically in the faux dictionary entry that
> was
> > circulating yesterday.
> >
> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 3:16 PM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>
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