Term:Covidiot

Normative

The concept is absent from the corpus.

Research

The concept is absent from the corpus.

Press

Examples

Police and military boats will patrol the south coast beaches this bank holiday weekend, with officers using megaphones to shout at covidiots who flout social distancing and lock-down rules.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8209347/UK-live-restrictions-coronavirus-vaccine-developed-say-officials.html

Keyness

901

Note

Only three occurrences were found in the press corpus.

Comments

Description

Don't be a covidiot! GET VACCINATED PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10295867/Omicron-infecting-4-000-BRITONS-day.html#comments

Covidiot is the perfect description of a person like you, so easily conned and loving the dictatorship.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10274825/Anti-lockdown-protestors-hit-streets-York-Austria-Netherlands.html#comments

Examples

In the meantime, caution is a sensible approach.......and the usual covidiots will argue against it.

Source: unknown

The unvaccinated COVIDiots should be banned from bars, restaurants, gyms, offices and travel forever.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10270943/Vaccines-Minister-says-Brits-probably-need-annual-booster.html#comments

Keyness

203

Note

Used in two ways: as a description of an anti-vaxxer and as a description of people following the government rules.