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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)
- (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.
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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