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The RAE approved new words that emerged during the pandemic

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Newly way, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) approved the use of new words that are linked to the COVID pandemic.

In that context, terminologies like "covidiot” (or "covidiot" in English) now they are valid and can be applied to all those people who refuse to comply with health regulations to avoid contagion.

It is worth remembering that the term “covidiot” was also adopted by the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and its use has been valid since last year..

Between the derived word family, detailed “covidiotez”, which they defined as the “attitude or quality of a person who refuses to comply with the sanitary regulations dictated to avoid the spread of covid”.

As a synonym also, the word can be used “covidiotismo”, as explained from the RAE.

At the same time, The use of nouns such as "coronaboda" was also approved., “Coronabebé” or “covidivorcio” to refer to marriages, births or separations during the pandemic time.

There is also room to mention fake news, alarms or concerns such as "coronabulo", "Coronahisteria" or "coronamanía", respectively.

By last, regarding deaths caused by the disease, the RAE mentions “covidcide” and also uses “covidengue” to indicate those people who had to live with both diseases.

By last, "Covidiocia" is a terminology that refers to people who, in order to highlight your wealth, avoid adopting any of the health measures against the disease and "covidism" can be used for the current of opinion that does not question the scientific and political planning adopted by the pandemic.

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