Covido's definitions

Covid-91°

When the authorities could not confirm how many people who died of forest fires, when the temperature then was about 91 degrees centigrade, were already infected with the coronavirus (and were probably on the way to the other side of eternity).

In California, the public was clueless how many of the two-dozen-odd deaths were Covid-91° victims.

by Covido October 11, 2020

Covidated

When the number of new coronavirus infections or deaths on a given day happens to be the same as the date when the figure was announced—for example, Australia had 14 Covid-19 deaths on August 14.

Are the odds of a nation being covidated higher than the chances of it being hit by an earthquake?

by Covido October 15, 2020

Cørøna Day

When there are no new cases of corona infections or deaths on a given day, which should be treated more as an anomaly rather than a new reality, especially in places that have recently recorded a low infection or mortality rate.

Although the infection rate in the local community is low or zero, however, with new daily corona cases from returnees who have been stranded overseas for months, it’s unlikely that the country would witness a Cørøna Day any time soon.

by Covido October 15, 2020

Spotifying Trump’s Lies

When some Trumpreneurs are entertaining the idea of making the Pinocchio-in-Chief’s manifold lies available on Spotify in different music or podcast formats so that they sound pleasing or soothing to the ears of millions of ultra-MAGA cult members.

Guesstimate how much royalty creators could be raking in every month by Spotifying Trump’s lies in different languages.

by Covido November 23, 2023

Strike

The post-pandemic weapon of choice by underpaid and undervalued workers to paralyze or blackmail their employers, thanks to unions’ demands for higher pay and humane working conditions for these overworked and exhausted (or exploited) workers—their “illegal” actions would force the overpaid bosses or politicians to be on their knees if they won’t play ball.

Guesstimate how many man- and woman-hours would be lost this year as ambulance drivers, nurses, rail operators, and postal workers in the UK go on coordinated strikes this festive season.

by Covido December 7, 2022

Cryptmas

A frightening or undesirable state of mind people find themselves in prior to Christmas—for instance, they might unfairly be made redundant so that their companies could save on salaries and year-end bonuses.

Sanitation engineers at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco were handed a cryptmas letter informing them that they were fired sans retrenchment benefits, because robots would be taking over their wallet-unfriendly jobs.

by Covido December 9, 2022

Twonager

A toddler who leverages on their young age and radical selfishness to terrorize or blackmail their parents and grandparents to give in to their demands or wants.

Twonagers born with a silver spoon in their mouth are like little Donald J. Trump’s or Kim Jong-Un’s, with a small percentage of them never outgrowing that phase of their life to become lifelong jerks or assholes.

by Covido December 11, 2022