Coronavirus Words and Phrases I Don’t Want Added to the Dictionary in 2020

Have you ever noticed that they add new words to the dictionary every year? And they announce it, like we all care?

Last year, for instance, they added “escape room” to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Well, 2020 is the year of the coronavirus and I’m pissed, basically, about how many words and phrases are now part of daily life because of the stupid pandemic.

I mean, check out how many coronavirus words and phrases are now part of our vernacular that you didn’t even know existed back in 2019:

COVID

COVID-19

Pandemic

Social distancing

Flatten the curve

Slow the spread

In an abundance of caution

Community spread

Quarantine

Shelter in Place

Stay at home

Unprecedented times

Uncertain times

Asymptomatic

N95 mask

PPE

WHO

CDC

Paycheck Protection Program

Zoom

Distance learning

…and so on.

See? Aren’t all of those awful?

Maybe I wish we were just adding “escape room” after all.

What did I forget? Which one of the coronavirus pandemic phrases are you sick of hearing the most?

Stay safe, dear readers.