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2020 changed our lives, including our vocabulary
31 Dec 2020 People pray on a sidewalk marked for social distancing in front of a Buddhist shrine in central Bangkok on Tuesday. Agence France-Presse
Deborah Netburn,
Tribune News Service
The global pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives how we work, how we socialise, how we dress. And without us even noticing, it also has changed how we talk.
As 2020 came to a close, many of us found ourselves fluent in a new language that would have been nearly indecipherable just one year ago.
If we mention having a “socially distanced” picnic with friends, we can safely assume the listener knows we all stayed at least 6 feet apart and did not share food or drinks. You don’t have to be a public health official to wonder when your state will “flatten the curve,” and thoughtful folks now talk about going into “self-isolation” after learning they were exposed to the virus.
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From COVID to curbside, 2020 changed our vocabulary too
Area residents Terry Hanna, left, her husband, Mike, and Melanie Cervi practice social distancing near Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey, Calif., in April.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
Dec. 28, 2020 5 AM PT
The global pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives how we work, how we socialize, how we dress. And without us even noticing, it also has changed how we talk.
As 2020 comes to a close, many of us find ourselves fluent in a new language that would have been nearly indecipherable just one year ago.
If we mention having a “socially distanced” picnic with friends, we can safely assume the listener knows we all stayed at least six feet apart and did not share food or drinks.