covidiot

Portuguese translation: covidiota

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12:54 Apr 10, 2020
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COVID-19 - Slang
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: covidiot
Definition from Miami Herald:
(informal) Someone who completely ignores the advice of health officials, experts and politicians to stay in our homes, stop doing anything fun and basically wait for the next horrific news story to pop up on our timelines.

Example sentence(s):
  • Since it was coined, #covidiot has gone viral on social media platforms, with many throwing criticism around to those not helping stop the spread of COVID-19 by social distancing. Daily Source
  • Maryland COVIDIOT Shawn Marshall Myers spent the weekend in jail after practicing bipartisan stupidity last week. The 41-year-old man is accused of throwing two parties since the pandemic hit Maryland, where 10 people have so far been killed by COVID-19. NY Daily News
  • Don’t be a covidiot: Baylor doctor reinforces key COVID-19 messages Dallas News
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Portuguese translation:covidiota
Definition:
Covidiota, como podem depreender, é a junção de Covid com Idiota e, nestes últimos tempos, tem sido um termo muito usado para designar:

-por um lado, a pessoa estúpida que teimosamente ignora as medidas adotadas para ajudar a conter a disseminação da pandemia;

-por outro, a pessoa que compra produtos de supermercado e de proteção, em larga escala, de forma egoísta, provocando a preocupação e o medo nos outros de ficarem privados de produtos essenciais.
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Definition from Toluna:
Covidiota, como podem depreender, é a junção de Covid com Idiota e, nestes últimos tempos, tem sido um termo muito usado para designar:

-por um lado, a pessoa estúpida que teimosamente ignora as medidas adotadas para ajudar a conter a disseminação da pandemia;

-por outro, a pessoa que compra produtos de supermercado e de proteção, em larga escala, de forma egoísta, provocando a preocupação e o medo nos outros de ficarem privados de produtos essenciais.

Example sentence(s):
  • O termo COVIDIOTA surgiu como uma acepção genérica para aqueles que se comportam mal durante a pandemia de coronavírus. O Urban Dictionay nos presenteou com esta perfeita e bem-humorada definição. (https://www.urbandictionary.com) - AL1  
Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
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