2020 Words and Phrases
This phrase originates from the Venetian language word "quarantena" meaning "40 days."
What is Quarantine?
This is the city in China where Covid-19 was first detected
What is Wuhan?
This mask filters out 95% of harmful particles but its China's version ....
What is a KN95 mask?
This describes a small group of kids in a class
What is a Pod or a Cohort?
When all of the Charmin was hoarded
What is a toilet paper shortage?
The media can't stop saying this. It means never happened before.
What is Unprecedented?
This is the United States agency that originally screwed up the production and distribution of Covid test kits in Spring 2020
What is the CDC?
Stay away from your friends
What is Social Distancing?
This Zoom feature allows kids to meet in a smaller group within the classroom.
What is a "breakout room?"
a 2020 way to pick up food.
What is curbside pickup?
This phrase may be used as an explanation for taking stricter measures than most people think they want or need.
What is "Out of an abundance of caution?"
He is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Who is Anthony Fauci?
Type of test that could identify a person who has Covid-19. The results are fast but not always accurate and nevertheless used by the White House.
What is a Rapid Antigen Test?
This describes the model where kids are in person some day and virtual on other days
What is Hybrid learning?
When you have a doctor, therapist or PT appointment vitually
What is telehealth?
This has (slightly annoyingly) become a fairly standard sign off on e-mails during 2020.
What is "Stay safe?"
This sports league kept players safe by having them live in a "bubble" in Orlando during their season
What is the NBA?
This acronym describes all that extra stuff that doctors and nurses have to wear in 2020.
What is PPE?
This keeps a barrier between desks
What is plexiglass?
When nobody can hear you
What is "You are on Mute?"
This is something you may hear from elected officials, school administrators or your boss telling you to basically hang in and stop complaining
What is "Thank you for your patience?"
This was the first town in the North East hit by the pandemic in March 2020
What is New Rochelle?
These 3 drugs saved Trumps life
What are Dexamethasone, Remdesivir and Regenron?
These reduce Covid in the air class in a classroom
What are Merv filters, open windows and air purifiers?
When someone or something mistakenly ends up on a Zoom
What is Zoom-Bombing?