repentinitis

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From repentino +‎ -itis. Term used ironically by anti-vaxxs when the media say that a young person or adult dies "suddenly" (de forma repentina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /repentiˈnitis/
  • Rhymes: -itis
  • Syllabification: re‧pen‧ti‧ni‧tis

Noun

repentinitis f (plural repentinitis)

  1. (medicine, politics, Internet slang, Spain) term used by the anti-vaxxs to accuse covid vaccines of causing deaths
    • 2021 December 20, “«REPENTINITIS»: CÓMO LOS CONSPIRANOICOS CULPAN A LAS VACUNAS ANTICOVID DE LA MUERTE DE FAMOSOS”, in EFE:
      «Repentinitis» se ha consolidado ya en redes sociales como un término irónico acuñado por los conspiranoicos para atribuir falsamente a las vacunas anticovid la muerte de figuras conocidas, una etiqueta cada vez más difundida que siembra sospechas sobre las «repentinas» desapariciones de famosos.
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    • 2021 December 20, “El futuro de 'Il Divo' queda en el aire tras la muerte de Carlos Marín”, in Telemadrid:
      El término "Repentinitis" se ha consolidado ya en redes sociales como una etiqueta irónica acuñado por los conspiranoicos para atribuir falsamente a las vacunas anticovid la muerte de figuras conocidas, sembrando sospechas sobre las "repentinas" desapariciones de famosos.
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