Covido's definitions

Singapore

The economic-and-political model country for rogue political leaders or dictators in developing countries, with capitalist leanings, who long to enrich themselves and their cronies—minimum political freedom for the electors and maximum financial gain for the elected.

A number of African and Asian nations are keen to emulate Singapore’s model of governance in helping their oft-undisciplined or unmotivated population out of poverty, by reducing red tape to promote business entrepreneurship and meting out heavy penalties for lawbreakers—and bankrupting or/and jailing those who try to “pollute the minds” of an oft-apathetic or petrified electorate.

by Covido January 25, 2022

COVID-🗿

When the natives of Easter Island realized that with closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic they could no longer depend on tourism for their survival; as a result, they switched to tapu, an ancient Polynesian tradition that is based on protecting their health, their lives, and their elders’ wisdom, with spiritual restrictions and shared prohibitions at its core.

In the long term, COVID-🗿could be a blessing in disguise for Easter Island—which relies so heavily on mainland Chile for food, and its 100,000-odd annual tourists for income—to be self-sustainable and waste-free.

by Covido December 26, 2020

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

The Great Lockdown

A term that refers to the global economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, which has inflicted so much pain and suffering to millions of employed and jobless people—it is like Covid-19 has resurrected the Great Depression of the 1930s.

What are the odds that the widening inequality between the rich and the poor, exposed by the Great Lockdown, if not addressed, could lead to a global economic meltdown or apocalypse?

by Covido February 4, 2021

Covid-🇨🇳

When China’s refusal to acknowledge that Wuhan is ground zero for the coronavirus, and its attempt to conceal the outbreak until whistleblowers leaked out the news to the world, is the root cause for the spread of the virus globally, which has since led to millions of infections and deaths.

Instead of admitting that it failed to warn the world about the coronavirus outbreak, China refuses to bear responsibility for lying and not closing its borders when thousands of its own citizens were already infected and had died from the plague—can the world really blame the West for wanting to label the coronavirus Covid-🇨🇳 instead of Covid-19?

by Covido November 22, 2020

Covid-🇹🇼

When Taiwan promises the fifteen countries that still have diplomatic ties with her to help them buy Covid-19 vaccines as long as Taiwanese money is not used to procure China’s home-grown, half-trialed vaccines.

Beijing tried to bribe a number of vulnerable poor nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, by promising to help them with their Covid-🇹🇼 and financial crises if they would just ditch Taiwan for China.

by Covido March 24, 2021

Con-19

A label given to someone who tries to cheat or rob others or the authorities during the coronavirus pandemic—for instance, a bogus law enforcer who catches others who don’t wear a mask, then expects to be bribed so that the victims could avoid paying a hefty fine or being sent to jail.

Thousands of con-19s have emerged from all corners of the globe to prey on the gullible and the superstitious folks.

by Covido November 29, 2020