Covido's definitions

Cørøffin

A custom-made casket resembling the spiky coronavirus that a wealthy person would anonymously order to be sent to the loved ones of their dead business or political foe.

A Wuhan billionaire had commissioned carpenters in North Korea for a cørøffin, which would be flown to the United States as Beijing’s “donation” in the event that a China-unfriendly VIP at the White House experienced his last heartbeat.

by Covido September 5, 2020

Covid-🚢

When the Diamond Princess at one time—on day nine after the 3,700-odd passengers and crew started their two-week quarantine—became the world’s hot spot, when it had more corona cases than every nation except China.

How many billion dollars would the cruise sector be losing worldwide, and how many million jobs in the global tourism industry would be lost, since Covid-🚢 came to the world attention, when most countries refused to let the passengers disembark?

by Covido November 9, 2020

BT & AT

Short for “Before Trump” and “After Trump.” The four chaotic or dreadful years (2016–2020) a corrupt and inept fake president spent at the White House, whose actions and inactions made him a laughingstock of the world, not forgetting his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, which led to an obscene number of preventable infections and deaths.

A decade or a quarter century from now, Americans would still remember the politically tumultuous 2016–2020 period as the BT & AT years, when the country lost its moral footing on the global stage, thanks to the Pharisee-in-Chief or Pinocchio-in-Chief.

by Covido November 3, 2020

Covid-🇲🇻

When tourists to Muslim-majority Maldives, where the quality of its health infrastructure is questionable, needn’t serve any quarantine on arrival, but have to bear any medical costs should they be infected with the coronavirus—a catch-22 situation where they are most likely to be buried on one of the islands should they fail to recover even with access to a China-made ventilator.

With India donating their homegrown half-baked vaccine to Maldives as part of their vaccine diplomacy to sideline China, and with the local population getting inoculated, the odds of half-hearted budget tourists facing a Covid-🇲🇻 situation are lower.

by Covido January 21, 2021

Make China Great Again!

Also known as “China’s Great Revival.” A slogan by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to restore China to its past glory as one of the greatest civilizations in the world following its defeat and humiliation in colonial and war times, and Mao’s decades-long totalitarian rule that impeded the motherland’s progress economically and scientifically.

Few critics could deny that leveraging on the policies put in place by his previous three predecessors, Comrade Xi has transformed China into a wealthy major power with a modern military and advanced tech sector, while cracking down on political opponents and getting tough on big shady businesses and filthy rich individuals. No doubt, the new emperor is boldly preaching about “Make China Great Again!”

by Covido October 22, 2022

WFH Math

Short for “Working from Home Math.” When home-based teaching and learning of math is felt to be semi-ineffective or unproductive for most teachers and students, who are still banned from schools as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some Puritan or Trumpublican parents wanted Mr. Putins to be fired after he mistyped “WTF Math” instead of “WFH Math” on the WhatsApp Teachers-Parents group.

by Covido March 1, 2022

Covid-🇸🇴

When Mohammedan pirates from Somalia are not only surviving but also thriving during the coronavirus pandemic, as they justify their sea raids on the increasing number of cargo ships passing by their coastal waters because of poverty.

Unlike the Ethiopian and Kenyan seamen whose livelihoods took a nosedive during the lockdown, Somali sea thieves were doing brisk business thanks to Covid-🇸🇴.

by Covido December 25, 2020