1. A technique used to prevent the spreading of a pandemic disease by physically distancing yourself from others. (i.e. not shaking hands to prevent the spreading of germs)
2. To spend time relaxing by yourself.*
* May be used as code for private, solitary activities of *Any* kind. (i.e. masturbation)
1.
“During the Swine Flu pandemic many health officials recommended Social Distancing. This started a wide trend of mask-wearing, not shaking hands and standing 6 feet apart in public.”
2.
“See ya man, I’m going to do some Social Distancing and chill.”
2*.
“I got some new lotion so I going to go do some heavy Social Distancing!”
“You need a girlfriend, man.”
Politically correct (aka Newspeak) term for "physical distancing". You're not actually distancing yourself socially. Social distancing is actually distancing yourself from society and being less social. We're not doing that here in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.