Adapted from CNN‘s 2020 Pandemic Slang Quiz by AJ Willingham and Ivory Sherman

Quaranteam : a small group of people you agree to socialize with during lockdowns and social distancing.

Maskne : an unfortunate side effect of wearing a mask.

A Covidiot : someone who boldly flouts basic coronavirus safety guidelines.

Doomscrolling : when you cannot stop looking at social media, even though everything is terrible and it makes you sad.

Gleefreshing : a term for scrolling through social media when something great has happened, and you just cannot get enough.

A Zooty Call : if you are in the mood to get intimate with someone, but you have to do it over video call.

Blursday : when times run together, weeks become months and months lose their meaning.

Quarantini : the signature lockdown drink (no matter what ingredients are involved ).

A Coronacut : a questionable style some people end up sporting when they must do their own hair maintenance at home.

The Before Times : a term used to denote anything that happened before, say, March 2020.