covidiot

English

Alternative forms

• COVIDiot

Etymology

Blend of COVID +‎ idiot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊˈvɪd.i.ət/, /ˌkɒvˈɪd.i.ət/

Noun

covidiot (plural covidiots)

1. (derogatory, humorous, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.

   Synonym: pandejo

   • 2020 March 15, “We have no idea what we're doing': Social media mercilessly mocks coronavirus test flowchart produced by Trump's crisis team”, in Daily Mail:

     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'

   • 2020 April 1, John White, “Don't be a covidiot”, in Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser:

     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.

   • 2021 March 19, Kathleen Speirs, “Scots cops bust Clydebank Covidiot birthday party as 37 fines handed out”, in Daily Record‎^[1]:

     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'.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:covidiot.

Related terms

• covidiocy

Translations

person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19

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  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: covidioot (nl) m
• Finnish: koronaidiootti
• French: covidiot (fr) m, covidiote (fr) f
• German: Covidiot (de) m, Covidiotin (de) f
• Greek: κορονοβλάκας m (koronovlákas)
• Indonesian: covidtolol, kovidungu
• Italian: covidiota m or f
• Polish: covidiota (pl) m, covidiotka f
• Portuguese: covidiota m or f
• Russian: ковидиот (ru) m (kovidiot)
• Spanish: covidiota (es) m or f, pandejo m, pandeja f