vaxxie
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This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Blend of vax (“vaccine”) + selfie. Coined in late 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Noun
vaxxie (plural vaxxies)
- (slang, neologism) A photograph (especially a selfie) of a person receiving a vaccine, often shared on social media.
- 2020 December 27, Charlotte Cowles, “The Week in Business: The Bitter End”, in The New York Times:
- Perhaps you’ve seen your first “vaxxies” — naturally, photos that people take of themselves getting a coronavirus vaccine and then post on social media. The country has already distributed over one million doses to health care workers, but who’s next?
- 2021 January 19, Guy Kelly, “The rise of the vaxxie – and why the Greek PM’s Herculean effort is more important than you might think”, in The Daily Telegraph:
- Posting a ‘vaxxie’ (rarely a true a selfie, for logistical reasons) is becoming the unexpected social media trend of 2021, and led by a just as unexpected band of influencers. […] Inevitably, there will be some who deem vaxxies to be as smug, performative and fatuous as all other social media crazes.
- 2021 July 28, Louise Grimmer, Gary Mortimer, Martin Grimmer, “Vaccine selfies may seem trivial, but they show people doing their civic duty — and probably encourage others too”, in The Conversation:
- As governments and health officials continue to flip-flop on vaccine age requirements, and anti-vaxxers spread falsehoods through social media and protests, the vaxxie might just be a powerful line of defence against vaccine hesitancy.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vaxxie.
Etymology 2
From vaxx + -ie, coined by 4chan mid 2021.
Noun
vaxxie (plural vaxxies)
- (slang, neologism, derogatory) A person who has received the COVID-19 vaccine.