[Ads-l] Word: twindemic

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Nancy Friedman wrote:
> I wrote about "twindemic" and other novel corona-words on August 20, citing
> an August 16 New York Times article. (Scroll down the post.)
>
> https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2020/08/coronacoinages-iv.html

Thanks for your response, Nancy. Excellent work on coronacoinages.

In 1869 the phrase "twin epidemics" was employed in a discussion of
cholera and yellow fever.

Date: June 28, 1869
Newspaper: The New York Times
Newspaper Location: New York, New York
Article: Cholera and Yellow Fever Among Cuban Volunteers
Quote Page 4, Column 6
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
At the same time the telegraph informs us that cholera and yellow
fever are raging in Cuba to such an extent as to have effected a tacit
trace between the contending armies in that island.
. . . common humanity requires that they should cease their efforts
for the recruitment of volunteers in this country, who, unacclimated
as they are, will in a majority of cases of those who succeed in
reaching Cuba at all, fall easy victims to the twin epidemics which
are now rapidly decimating both armies.
[End excerpt]

In 2012 "twin-demic" appeared in the title of a New Zealand newspaper
article discussing mothers giving birth to a large number of twins.

Date: July 18, 2012
Periodical: The Press
Periodical Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Article: It's a twin-demic; Repopulating two at a time
Author: Georgina Stylianou
Page A1

[Begin title]
It's a twin-demic; Repopulating two at a time
[End title]
[Begin excerpt – twindemic occurs in title and not in this excerpt]
Canterbury mums have given birth to 21 sets of twins in the past six
weeks. Fifteen sets were born in June and seven sets have been born
this month, the Canterbury District Health Board says.
[End excerpt]

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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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