6/5/2023 0 Comments Isoar definition![]() ![]() 2018 The next image shows the incredible pressure gradient (change in pressure over distance, revealed by contour lines called isobars). Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 5 Mar. Star Tribune, 15 July 2021 But the local pressure gradient was most intense along the New England coast, where isobars were extremely crowded together, driving 40 to 50 mph sustained winds. Zumped – When someone dumps another person in a Zoom video call.Recent Examples on the Web Trying to predict the unpredictable is why meteorologists often wind up at the isobar after work. Zoom-room – The one corner of the home that is kept clean for video conferences. Zoom-bombing – When people hijack or interrupt a video conference. Quarantini – A martini mixed in quarantine. Morona – A person behaving stupidly because of or during the coronavirus outbreak. Locktail hour – Cocktail hour in lockdown. ![]() Hamsterkaufing – Stockpiling and/or hoarding (adapted from German). ![]() Thorne said he suspects this one may have originated in Canada. The COVID 19 or COVID 15 (pounds) – Extra body weight accrued during quarantine.ĭrivecation – A holiday, typically in a motorhome or RV, in one’s own driveway. “So the people have got a kind of locked-down lexicon or COVID dictionary,” he said with a laugh.Īrmchair virologist – Someone who doesn’t know anything, but is posing as an expert.Ĭoronacation – Cessation of study or work due to the pandemic, viewed as a holiday.Ĭorona-cuts – A hairstyle during the pandemic.Ĭoronadodge – Physically avoiding others out in public so as not to contract the virus.Ĭoronalusional – Suffering from disordered thinking as a result of or during the COVID-19 crisis.Ĭoronasplaining – Similar to “Mansplaining,” when someone who doesn’t know very much about a topic lectures others.Ĭorona-Waltz – Manoeuvring around other people in public, like a dance, to avoid be close to them.Ĭovidiot – A person behaving irresponsibly in conditions of containment. Thorne said that terminology includes such words as “personal protective equipment (PPE),” “ventilation,” “intubation,” “antigen,” “pathogen,” “lockdown,” and “quarantine.”Īs for what he plans to do with all of the words he’s collected during the pandemic, Thorne said he’s going to publish them on a King’s College website for the public to view. ![]() “There's the official language which the government or medical authorities use and we have to learn and understand it to know what it means and sometimes we have to use it ourselves,” he said. The linguist also said he’s included medical and government terminology in his catalogue because a lot of it was unfamiliar a few months ago and has now become part of everyday speak. He provided examples such as, “unprecedented,” “hunkering down,” “cabin fever,” “stir crazy,” “uncertain times,” “the new normal,” and “bounce back,” as phrases that are experiencing a resurgence during the pandemic. While many of the words are brand new, Thorne said some of the terms he included because they’ve been revived and they’re back in popular usage. Thorne said he’s been able to record more than 1,000 words for his pandemic lexicon or dictionary since the health crisis began by scouring social media, the news, and appealing to the public to send him what they find.
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