This week's question: Danes have created a lexicon of new pandemic-inspired words, including albuehilsen, or elbow greeting, coronakilos, or weight gained during lockdown, and bodegavirolog, an unqualified bigmouth who now considers himself an expert in virology. Please come up with a new English compound word to describe one aspect of life in the era of COVID-19.
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THE WINNER: "Quarantired"
Mike Veitenhans, Seattle
SECOND PLACE: "Multimasking"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
THIRD PLACE: "Blursday"
Amanda Marvel, Los Gatos, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Quarantini"
Brooks Hannan, San Marcos, California
"Teleshirking"
Beth Simon, Oakland, California
"Lysolation"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Monotonnui: Feeling of depression when every day is the same"
Michael Grossman, San Dimas, California
"Vaxacation: Taking a day of work to get a Covid shot"
Dave Stimpson, Jacksonville, Florida
"FedExpectant"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Introvertopia"
Story Rafter, Sausalito, California
"Clusterophobia"
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
"Hoardbored"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Maskonfusion"
Jeff Feller, Gainesville, Florida
"Fauciphobia: The irrational fear of medical science"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"Netflixation"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
"Half-masker"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Zoomfandel"
Dave Romness, Indian Wells, California
"Eligivailability: Everything you need to know about a vaccine"
Michael Grossman, San Dimas, California
"Lysolidarity"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts