Apr 10, 2020 12:54
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English term

covidiot

COVID-19 GBK English to Slovak Other Slang
Definition from Miami Herald:
(informal) Someone who completely ignores the advice of health officials, experts and politicians to stay in our homes, stop doing anything fun and basically wait for the next horrific news story to pop up on our timelines.
Example sentences:
Since it was coined, #covidiot has gone viral on social media platforms, with many throwing criticism around to those not helping stop the spread of COVID-19 by social distancing. (Daily Source)
Maryland COVIDIOT Shawn Marshall Myers spent the weekend in jail after practicing bipartisan stupidity last week. The 41-year-old man is accused of throwing two parties since the pandemic hit Maryland, where 10 people have so far been killed by COVID-19. (NY Daily News)
Don’t be a covidiot: Baylor doctor reinforces key COVID-19 messages (Dallas News)
Proposed translations (Slovak)
5 +2 covidiot or „covidiot“
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Proposed translations

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covidiot or „covidiot“

Since the term is very new, does not appear in an official Slovak dictionary and is taken from English (although the name of the disease - COVID-19 - and idiot, that the term is made up of, are used in Slovak in the same form as in English), apostrophes may be used before and after the term in line with Slovak grammar rules to point out this fact. This is the way it is used by some authors, such as:

V súvislosti s konaním niektorých ľudí vznikol na sociálnych sieťach nový výraz „covidiot“.
„Covidioti“ sú napríklad ľudia, ktorí ignorujú upozornenia a nariadenia vlády – predovšetkým sociálnu izoláciu a hygienické opatrenia, ktorých cieľom je spomaliť šírenie vírusu.
http://www.hlavnydennik.sk/2020/04/06/viete-kto-su-covidioti...



Definition from News portal Hlavny dennik:
„Covidioti“ sú napríklad ľudia, ktorí ignorujú upozornenia a nariadenia vlády – predovšetkým sociálnu izoláciu a hygienické opatrenia, ktorých cieľom je spomaliť šírenie vírusu.
Example sentences:
No proste idiot, ktorý nerešpektuje bezpečnostné nariadenia v súvislosti s COVID-19. (News portal HITky)
A tak hrá covidiota, a nechá to proste prehučať, tak ako to mal v pláne Borisko. (Online version of daily SME)
Covidioti ľahkovážne porušujú pravidlá, pokračujú v zhromažďovaní, spoločných akciách a zábavách na verejnosti. (News portal Hlavný denník)
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agree Beata Fabova
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agree Katarina Mihalova
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