[Ads-l] Word: twindemic

[Laurence Horn]

> On Sep 11, 2020, at 5:16 PM, Nancy Friedman <wordworking at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> I wrote about "twindemic" and other novel corona-words on August 20,

novel [corona-words]?  [novel corona-]words? or both?

> citing
> an August 16 New York Times article. (Scroll down the post.)
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> 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:
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>> 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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