coronatime
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See also: coronatimes
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coronatime (uncountable)
- (neologism) The period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Synonyms: (Christianity) Coronatide, coronatimes, (Christianity) Covidtide
- 2020 May 8, Arielle Pardes, “There Are No Hours or Days in Coronatime”, in Wired[1], archived from the original on 2023-03-29:
- Our experience of time isn’t just different because we are fearful or bored, cooped up or overworked. It has changed because we don’t yet know what to measure it against. Coronatime has no scale.
- 2020 September 22, Vivienne Bozalek, Denise Newfield, Nike Romano, Lieve Carette, Katharine Naidu, Veronica Mitchell, Alex Noble, “Touching Matters: Affective Entanglements in Coronatime”, in Qualitative Inquiry, volume 27, number 7, :
- This article has argued that the period of forced isolation during the disruptive and uncertain months of coronatime materialized the unexpected affective potential of virtual touching. Our initial experience of social distancing and the silence of coronatime seemed to void life.
- 2021 November 2, John Crace, A Farewell to Calm: The New Normal Survival Guide, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 153:
- The pandemic has highlighted the stark difference between Boristime and Coronatime. Because he is unable to treat the country as grown-ups and can't handle being the bearer of bad news, Boris invariably shortens any given Covid time frame.