>>Tim Herrera, The New York Times
Published: 19 Dec 2020 08:41 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Dec 2020 08:41 PM BdST
This pandemic plagued year has given us scores of new words, phrases, expressions and metaphors. Some are new to the popular vernacular, like quarantine pod. Some are newly relevant after long histories as specialized terms, like contact tracing. Some, like maskne and walktails, are just goofy little turns of phrase that let us find a drop of joy in this disastrous year. (Ade Hogue/The New York Times)
Happy Blursday! Now quit doomscrolling, grab a quarantini and please keep social distancing.
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Imagine explaining that sentence to yourself in December 2019.