covidiota

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Spanish

Etymology

Blend of COVID +‎ idiota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kobiˈdjota/
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: co‧vi‧dio‧ta

Noun

covidiota m or f by sense (plural covidiotas)

  1. (derogatory) covidiot (one who is foolishly reckless around COVID-19)
    Synonyms: pandeja, pandejo
    • 2020 March 30, Raúl L. Parra, “Covidiotas, la otra pandemia [Covidiots, the other pandemic]”, in Medium:
      Un Covidiota es una persona que ignora las advertencias sobre salud pública para evitar el contagio por el Covid-19, el que no sigue el protocolo de distanciamiento social, el que no se lava las manos adecuadamente, o simplemente no se las lava; []
      A Covidiot is a person who ignores public health warnings to avoid COVID-19 infection, who doesn't follow social distancing protocols, who doesn't wash hands adequately, or simply doesn't wash them
    • 2020 April 25, Jorges de Juan, El Manual del Covidiota, FARRAGUAS:
      COVIDIOTA expandiendo la pandémica en redes
      A COVIDIOT spreading the pandemic through networking
    • 2021 April 6, Ray Cardoso, “Humberto Aguilar inicia campaña al estilo covidiota: eventos masivos sin cubrebocas, pero con collar antiCovid”, in Diario Cambio:
      En el arranque de campaña, el candidato del PRIANRD Humberto Aguilar Coronado, se ha exhibido como un verdadero covidiota, realizando eventos sin sana distancia y en un lugar completamente cerrado con más de 30 personas, además de que se pasea saludando a los cholultecas buscando el voto sin usar el cubrebocas y usándolo como collar.
      At the start of his campaign, PRIANRD candidate Humberto Aguilar Coronado has shown himself as a true covidiot, holding events with no social distancing in completely enclosed spaces with more than 30 people, walking around greeting Cholultecas to ask for their votes without wearing a mask, and using it as a mark of distinction.
  2. (derogatory) Person obsessed with coronavirus and with following restrictive regulations (masks, safety distance), and with everyone getting vaccinated.
    • 2021 September 14, Siboney Flores, “La vacuna COVID no provocó que la artista Ainhoa Arteta sufriera una amputación”, in Aninal Político, archived from the original on 17 September 2021:
      “Y hoy le ha tocado tromboloto a Ainhoa Arteta. 21 de julio se vacuna. 23 de julio a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos 10 días. Hoy infarto y amputación de varios dedos. Los covidiotas lo reconocéis ya o aún necesitáis más tiempo”, dice otra de las publicaciones que utiliza el hashtag #Yonomevacuno.
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References

Cruz, Toni (2020 April 8) “Balconazi, nasobuco o covidiota. Las palabras que está activando el Coronavirus”, in COPE (in Spanish), retrieved 8 April 2020