Covidphobia is a form of irrational fear of being contaminated with the virus, leading to various aberrant behaviors : xenophobia (discrimination against people thought to have brought the virus); inconsiderate stockpiling; exaggerated use of detergents and sanitizers, which may lead to other harmful effects.
Rational wife: John! John! Put those back. We only need four jars for the next 3 weeks —not 20!!
Inconsiderate John: Honey, better be safe....
Teressa (the wife): don’t be such a covidphobe. We’re only taking what we need for the next 3weeks. Other people need food too. Hello?
P.s teressa is also a mother (mother Teressa?)
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some scholar: this ‘covidphobia’ appears to have caused a surge in shoplifting crimes and other behaviors related to food and health anxiety.
The irrational fear of a virus with a 99.97% survival rate; and a safe & effective treatment that's been used for over 40 years, and is protocol for our military, traveling abroad.
Coviphobia has peopleacting like a bunch of Karens (see Karen), out there.
(n.) 1. an extreme fear of acquiring, transmitting and contacting with persons carrying Coronavirus-19 (CoVid-19)
2. a fear of seeing a man or a woman who are suspected carrying the CoVid-19
1. Karen has a friend that has covidophobia.
2. The Department of Health of the US made an announcement to be calm and not to be a covidophobic.
Someone who is unreasonably afraid of coronavirus to the point of being absurd and perceives status in wearing excessive personal protective equipment.
Examples : Did you see the Covidphobe who was wearing a mask while driving by himself in his own car? The Covidphobe freaked out and yelled at me when he saw me without a mask on when I was fifty feet away from him in the park. That Covidphobe looks like he's ready to go to Chernobyl to live.
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.