Covido's definitions

Corometery

A small area in the cemetery that has been allocated for those who had died of Covid-19, so that future generations would remember the price their ancestors paid in fighting the pandemic.

Only the wealthy have so far been able to bury their loved ones in a corometery, because the burial space commands a premium price, which is beyond what the common people could afford—who says that death doesn’t differentiate between the rich and the poor?

by Covido November 14, 2020

Twitterdamus

Someone who predicts the demise of Twitter that could occur sooner than expected following its new founder’s recent decision to fire about half of the staff, and now his threats that those who refuse to slave for him would suffer the same fate.

Tens of thousands of Twitterdamuses worldwide have emerged in the last twenty-four hours to divine the imminent collapse of the social media platform in the aftermath of a “mass exodus” of “softcore” software staff.

by Covido November 19, 2022

Covid Rule

When a thin majority or weak government declares a nationwide state of emergency as an excuse to curb the spread of the coronavirus to hang on to power, or to prevent the administration from collapsing.

Malaysian PM resorts to Covid rule to suspend the parliament, thus preventing any elections to be held during the emergency, which could last until 2022, when the situation returned to normal.

by Covido January 12, 2021

Covid-🇲🇬

When Madagascar put Africa on the corona map after it claimed to have concocted Covid-Organics, the miracle tonic that can cure the coronavirus, which the WHO refused to recommend unless it has been subject to rigorous testing to prove its effectiveness.

When one of the poorest African countries with a broken health system, which is known for its rich flora and fauna, boldly promoted its Covid-🇲🇬 cure, it’s not surprising that it attracted much laughter and ridicule from the scientific community and the West.

by Covido November 29, 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

Virtual Slap

A small digital image or icon that depicts someone slap someone else because they have cracked a joke on them or their loved ones—a depiction of the knee-jerk reaction of the uninhibited or emotionally challenged perpetrator towards their target of abuse to get even with them.

At a recent graduation ceremony held on Zoom, Dr. Sanjib, a pro-BJP graduate, shot a virtual slap emoji to Prof. Raj, because the latter had irreligiously poked fun at his holy cow.

by Covido March 29, 2022

Covid-🐲

When the spirit of the dragon, a creature worshipped by superstitious mainland Chinese, is demoniacally linked to the coronavirus, which was unprovenly leaked out from a lab in Wuhan, before it spread worldwide—Beijing lied about its initial failure to contain the virus, until whistleblowers informed the world about China’s high number of infections and deaths.

Is there any correlation between Covid-19 and Covid-🐲? How could the dragon, a symbol of power or fertility in Chinese culture, or in Eastern cultures, have anything in common with a symbol of chaos or evil in Western cultures?

by Covido December 13, 2020