repentitis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From de repente + -itis. Term used ironically by anti-vaxxers when the media say that a young person or adult dies "suddenly" (de forma repentina).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]repentitis f (plural repentitis)
- (medicine, politics, Internet slang, Spain) Alternative form of repentinitis
- 2021 November 3, Fernando López-Mirones, “El biólogo Fernando López-Mirones alerta sobre las «demasiadas Repentitis» que están ocurriendo entre «submarinistas, pilotos y alpinistas»”, in EuskalNews[1]:
- 2021 November 4, “REPENTITIS asola a futbolistas y atletas. ¡Y sólo es hasta el 24 de agosto!”, in Rambla Libre[2]:
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