ENLIGHTEN UP! a blogSelf-awareness stories: lighting our way to clarity, contentment and resilience in a complicated world.
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ENLIGHTEN UP! a blogSelf-awareness stories: lighting our way to clarity, contentment and resilience in a complicated world.
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Laughter promotes overall health and wellness, relieves physical and emotional stress; boosts the immune system, and releases dopamine and serotonin – the feel good chemicals. Having a sense of humor enables us to laugh at, or at least see the humor in life's absurdities. With pandemic swarming, global warming and political storming, we have all the absurdities we can handle at the moment. So I decided to clap back at corona with some word plays. With contributions from family, friends, my writing colleagues, and a few online sources those word plays became a Covi-dictionary organized by theme. Hope some of them tickle your funny bone. Words to describe our current global situation Cover-whelmed – A feeling of utter exhaustion with the intensity of the covid crisis, and the overwhelming amount of information we get every day. Can you say TMI? #2020! Corona-phobia – the fear of catching Covid 19. Pan-damn-ic – A curse; a feeling of anger and disgust at the corona virus and the way it has disrupted any semblance of normal life. Corona-coaster – The crazy topsy-turvy ride we rode in 2020 and are still riding in 2021. Pandemic Park – Any town, city, rural community or country where the corona-coaster can be found. Corona-times – All of 2020 but hopefully, not too much of 2021. Corona-pocalypse – A widespread crisis, full of pain and suffering along with civil unrest and failing leadership at the highest national levels during 2020. Quaran-teens - Sometimes called coronials; a term used to describe those who are in their teens during corona-times and its aftermath. Corona Bae — Also known as a "quarantine bae," someone you start dating virtually while in self-isolation. The 'Rona’ – Shorthand for corona; for example, ‘Rona’s Chicken and Waffles,’ the online program my writers’ group produced in 2020. Words to describe appropriate behavior and responses to covid 19 Covid-coping – The ways we practice prevention until we can get the vaccine. This includes the 3-W’s: Wear a mask, Wash your hands and Watch your distance. Covid-copia – The vitamins, supplements, masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, PPE, toilet paper, sourdough starter, and other stuff we keep in stock during corona-times. Quaran-team - The social circle you risk exposure for in order to stay sane and have actual in-person conversations with people other than those you live with. Note: you and your team need to get tested regularly to avoid infection. Quarantine-while – The things we do to keep busy during lockdown and self-isolation such as baking sourdough bread, planting a garden, knitting, reading, playing a musical instrument, binge-watching TV, learning a new language or screaming into the wind. Quarantini - A mash up of quarantine and martini. This is any cocktail you mix at home while in lockdown or self-isolating. Words to describe existential ignorance about covid 19 Covidiot – describes science-deniers and those who refuse to ‘follow the Fauci.’ A lot like maskhole (see maskhole). A maskhole can be a covidiot. Covid Crazies – Extremely stupid behavior; those who move beyond being covidiots or maskholes and take their delusional mindset to the level of covidiocy. Covidacious – Those who scoff at and defy sensible covid-coping protocols for safety of self and others, and are recklessly bold in defiance of CDC guidelines. Covidictator – An individual who actively encourages covid-acious behavior. Covillusion – A baseless conspiracy theory that the virus will magically disappear. Maskhole - Rhymes (sort of) with a commonly used profanity beginning with the letter ‘A.’ It applies to those folks who, for any number of unenlightened reasons, refuse to ‘follow the Fauci’ or practice the 3-W’s. Moronavirus - This is what covid 19 is called when covidiots and maskholes test positive; a word sometimes used by foreign media to describe what's happening with the pandemic in the United States. Stuper-Spreaders - Those who test positive, are a-symptomatic, highly contagious and capable of transmitting the virus to uninfected individuals in large public gatherings. Stuper-spreaders are also covidiots, covid-crazies and maskholes who gather in large numbers to party. Words to describe treatments for existential ignorance about covid 19 Cov-institution – a 14-day lockdown facility for covidiots, covid-crazies and maskholes. If the lockdown fails, the next step is surgery on the pre-frontal cortex, the part of the brain implicated in moderating decision-making and social behavior. There are three recommended surgeries listed here in order of severity. Pandem-otomy - Surgery in which a damaged portion of the prefrontal cortex is separated and then permanently partitioned off from the healthy part by a big, beautiful wall. The bad news? It’s an expensive operation. The good news? Mexico will pay for it. Pandem-ectomy – Surgery designed to completely remove the damaged section of the prefrontal cortex freeing the individual to ‘follow the Fauci,’ believe in science and practice the 3-W’s. Prefrontal Covid-ostomy – Last resort surgery to cut a hole in the prefrontal cortex and insert a tube, which is then connected to Tyler Perry’s Madea character who takes off her earrings, puts her hands on her hips, rolls her neck, and yells into the tube telling the patient exactly what she’ll do to them if they don’t ‘follow the Fauci’ and practice the 3-W’s. Words to describe work/life activities and outcomes related to the pandemic Blursday – Refers to the difficulty in determining what day of the week it is. Actually, it’s everyday on the covid-calendar that runs our lives during this difficult time. Covideologist – Videographers and photographers who do their best to capture any and all video, and pictures, grim, or hopeful, to feed the news machine. Covideoholic – The irresistible pull to remain glued to our devices in order to watch any and all news related to the pandemic. Covidivorce - Exactly what it sounds like: when forced togetherness as a result of quarantine hastens a couple's realization that they probably don't belong together. Coronababies – The term used for the number of babies conceived during the pandemic who will be born in 2021. This is a result of sexy-time replacing baking, gardening, knitting, reading, playing a musical instrument, binge-watching TV, learning a new language and screaming into the wind. Quarantine 15– The average number of pounds gained while staying at home trying to avoid catching the virus. Corona-cation - A stay-cation forced by the pandemic. It’s also what some are calling WFH (working from home). Spendemic - This word refers to the increase in online shopping during the pandemic. Zumping - A reference to getting dumped — whether by a significant other or your company — over Zoom. And I’ll end with this Covid one-liner: All yoga instructors are now under nama-stay-at-home orders.
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ernestine miller
1/13/2021 12:24:31 pm
To Beth and all who contributed to this eye opening dialogue on this Covid-19 pandemic. It was on the money (I am old school 🌻🙋🏽♀️) thank you all❤️
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Bea Doyle
3/25/2021 12:12:37 pm
I strongly disagree with several of these definitions and feel there is a bias toward those who choose to follow mainstream narrative.
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AuthorBETH GIBBS started her yoga practice in 1968, four months after her son was born and she’s been practicing ever since. She currently teaches all levels therapeutic yoga classes for adults, and specialty classes for seniors in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Beth is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is guest faculty at the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy. She writes for the blogs, Yoga for Healthy Aging, and Accessible Yoga. Her master’s degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA is in Yoga Therapy and Mind/Body Health. Categories |
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