vaxxie
/ˈvæksi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A photograph (especially a selfie) of a person receiving a vaccine, often shared on social media.
Dated; Slang
Example Sentences
- "Perhaps you’ve seen your first “vaxxies” — naturally, photos that people take of themselves getting a coronavirus vaccine and then post on social media. The country has already distributed over one million doses to health care workers, but who’s next?"
- "Posting a ‘vaxxie’ (rarely a true a selfie, for logistical reasons) is becoming the unexpected social media trend of 2021, and led by a just as unexpected band of influencers. […] Inevitably, there will be some who deem vaxxies to be as smug, performative and fatuous as all other social media crazes."
- "But vaxxies are more than mere selfies, as they have a unique social function. […] As governments and health officials continue to flip-flop on vaccine age requirements, and anti-vaxxers spread falsehoods through social media and protests, the vaxxie might just be a powerful line of defence against vaccine hesitancy."
- "In English, for example, neologisms have been coined, from “covidiot” to “vaxxie” (selfie taken while being vaccinated), but, most importantly, new and well-known metaphors have emerged in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic."
- "Vaxxie, Vaxxie, heart attacksie, Takes his tests and wears his maskies, Still got Covid, every strain, Got spike proteins in his brain"
- "And the fucking QR code madness, being told I can't enter a museum because I didn't have my vaxxie QR code despite being pretty much the only visitor."