covidiot
/ˌkoʊˈvɪd.i.ət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.
Derogatory; Humorous
noun
Alternative letter-case form of covidiot.
Example Sentences
- "Photoshop-skilled social media users altered the poster board to read as 'We have no idea what we're doing' and 'Trump is a Covidiot'"
- "The aura of invincibility seemed to ooze off of these entitled covidiots, the term coined to describe those deciding to blissfully and willfully ignore measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the virus."
- "A Covidiot party attended by a large number of people was shut down by police in Clydebank. […] A total of 37 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for 'breaching Covid regulations'."
- "As I shared then, he once was the king of pandejos — the Mexican Spanish term for covidiots."
- "A COVIDiot snarls if the lineup is too long at the cash; squeezes all the fruit on display (then puts most of it back); hops into his vehicle and speeds down the now-wide-open city streets with no thought of public safety."
Etymology
Etymology tree English COVID Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s Proto-Hellenic *hwédios Ancient Greek ἴδιος (ídios) Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs) Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs) Latin idiotabor. Old French idiotebor. Middle English ydiote English idiot blend English covidiot Blend of COVID + idiot.