Covidiot

What Is a Covidiot?

The Quick Answer

A "covidiot" is a person who acts irresponsibly in the context of living with the coronavirus.

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People are classified as "covidiots" by doing such things as ignoring public-health warnings (e.g., refusing to wear a mask, arranging a party) or panic-buying and hoarding items upon hearing word of a potential shortage. For example:

• Toni: Wearing a mask doesn't help. The virus can still get in. I don't wear one.
• Ali: It's about not spreading the virus, you covidiot.

• Sam: I have ordered a 10kg sack of pasta, 100 toilet rolls, and 20 tins of spam.
• Lee: Covidiot!

The term "covidiot" is also used for newly self-proclaimed experts in virology, so-called "armchair virologists." Check out our list of COVID related terms.

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When I write covidiot, I mean this:

A "covidiot" is someone who acts irresponsibility with regard to the coronavirus pandemic.

Summary of Key Points

"Person Who Acts Irresponsibly with Coronavirus" is, by far, the most common meaning for COVIDIOT when it is used in a text. (Bear in mind that it could have another meaning if used in a different context.)

COVIDIOT
Definition:	Person Who Acts Irresponsibly with Coronavirus
Type:	Word
Guessability:	1: Easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

An Academic Look at Covidiot

The noun covidiot is a portmanteaux word from "Covid" and "idiot."

Example of Covidiot Used in a Text

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