Pandemic lexicon

Business nude: A dress code only suitable for virtual meetings

Covidiot: A selfish person who doesn't take COVID-19 and the risks of the virus seriously, despite what government officials and the global health community say.

Quarantini: Whatever your drink of choice is during lockdown.

Coronababies: Children conceived during the pandemic.

Blursday: When you've lost track of what day of the week it is because you're working from home, or out of work.

Jeudredi: The French version of Blursday.

Miss Rona: A slang term for corona. Also "The Rona".

Maskne: Acne breakout from mask wearing.

Zoomeo: When a resident or pet from your home passes behind or in front of your video during a virtual meeting (play on word cameo).

WFH: Work from home.

Nose commando: Wearing a mask, but only over the mouth, not covering the nose.

Sanitation engineer: The person in your life (it could be you) who can’t stop sanitizing everything.

Brady Bunching: How you see your family members now, in blocks on a Zoom screen.

Mask shaming: Yelling at people who aren’t wearing face masks in public spaces. The flip side is the unmasked people who glare at those of us who are wearing masks.

Gray-cation: Letting your natural hair color (even if it’s silver) shine through.

Pandemic fine: A state of being in which you are employed and healthy during a pandemic but you're also tired and depressed and feel like crap all the time. Pandemic fine is like a vicious circle. No, you did not lose your job; you have not come down with the virus, or if you did, the symptoms were minor, so you don't have any reason to complain. But. Despite outwardly being one of the lucky ones, that does not mean that we're not struggling.

Walktail: You need to get out of the house and you also need a drink, so you combine both because you just don't care.

Doomscrolling: The catchall, platform-agnostic term for consuming bad news or information you know is detrimental to your mental health and wellness yet being unable to stop.