Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Coronavirus Vocabulary




Languages are alive and when something "new" happens and overwhelms our lives, like the COVID-19, new words come up to let us express ourselves; many of these words are quickly adopted by all of us and those in English officially become part of the language when they are included in The Oxford Dictionary. 

Do you know what these words and expressions mean? Try to guess their meaning before watching these Simple English Videos:
  • coronavirus vs. COVID-19
  • elbow bump
  • self-isolation
  • self-quarantine
  • social-distancing
  • WFH
  • PPE
  • non-essential
  • lockdown vs. stay at home
  • shelter in place

  • covidiot
  • coronacoaster
  • coronials
  • the COVID-10
  • fattening the curve
  • the locktail hour
  • quarantinis
  • furlough merlot
  • bored-eaux
  • cabernet tedium
  • elephant in the zoom



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