2021 Word List

awoman, awomen, a-woman - alternate form of amen cheug - one that is cheugy cheugy - out-of-date, typically 2010s-esque; tries too hard to be cool Dragon Man - an extinct human species from 62-296 thousand years ago forgor - humorous misspelling of forgot megacycle - a 10 hour work shift puriteen - a pure teenager that dislikes sexual content existing on the internet regencycore - aesthetic focused on the Regency era

Alpha variant, Beta variant, Gamma variant, Delta variant, Omicron variant - SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern bungalow leg - the weakening of leg muscles resulting from the lack of climbing up stairs boosted - having received a booster vaccine double-jabbed, double-vaxxed - received two main doses of a vaccine that requires them Eta variant, Iota variant, Kappa variant, Lambda variant, Mu variant - SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest exit wave - a wave of infections of unvaccinated people at the end of lockdown Fauci ouchie - a vaccine for COVID-19, named after U.S. chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci lockdown foot - the reshaping of feet resulting from a long period of barefootedness or slipper-wearing brought on by quarantine, making them fit in shoes less Long COVID - symptoms persisting significantly longer than usual after contracting COVID-19 Moderna Mami, Moderna Gang, Team Moderna - people who have received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Nightingale court - a type of temporary court created to deal with backlogs of legal cases after the COVID-19 pandemic Pfizer Princess, Pfizer Gang, Team Pfizer - people who have received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine pingdemic - the increasing number of people being told to isolate due to contact with someone with COVID-19 scariant - a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that shouldn't be of high concern but is anyway surge testing - an increased wave of people being tested for a disease triple-vaxxed - having had three COVID-19 vaccine doses, with the third being a booster shot vaccine chaser - a person who waits in lines in hopes of receiving leftover COVID-19 vaccinations at the end of the day vaccine chasing - the waiting in lines in hopes of receiving leftover COVID-19 vaccinations vaccine diplomacy - the use of a vaccine by a nation to gain a diplomatic advantage vaccine hunter, vaccine angel - people who search for vaccination opportunities for others that aren't able to vaccine hunting, vaccine hunt - to search for vaccination opportunities for others that aren't able to vaccine passport - a proof of vaccination that allows someone to travel or enter a building vaccine shopping - the desire to only be vaccinated with a certain vaccine that one considers superior vaxhole - a person who brags about receiving their COVID-19 vaccines Vaxi Taxi - a taxi that picks up a person to bring them to a COVID-19 vaccination site vaxxie - a selfie of one receiving a vaccine

Below are the SARS-CoV-2 variants, by WHO label and PANGO lineage, and their origin. Alpha variant, B.1.1.7 - United Kingdom (Sep 2020) Beta variant, B.1.351, B.1.351.2, B.1.351.3 - South Africa (May 2020) Gamma variant, P.1, P.1.1, P.1.2 - Brazil (Nov 2020) Delta variant, delta strain, B.1.617.2, AY.1, AY.2 - India (Oct 2020); the dominant, more infectious strain in the United States Eta variant, B.1.525 - Various countries (Dec 2020) Iota variant, B.1.526 - United States (Nov 2020) Kappa variant, B.1.617.1 - India (Oct 2020) Lambda variant, C.37 - Peru (Dec 2020) Mu variant, B.1.621 - Colombia (Jan 2021) Epsilon variant, B.1.427, B.1.429 - United States (Mar 2020) Zeta variant, P.2 - Brazil (Apr 2020) Theta variant, P.3 - Philippines (Jan 2021) Omicron variant, B.1.1.529 - South Africa (Nov 2021) R.1, R.2 - Various countries (Jan 2021) B.1.466.2 - Indonesia (Nov 2020) AV.1 - United Kingdom (Mar 2021) B.1.1.318 - Various countries (Jan 2021) B.1.1.519 - Various countries AT.1 - Russia (Jan 2021) C.36.3, C.36.3.1 - Various countries (Jan 2021) B.1.214.2 - Various countries (Nov 2020) C.1.2 - South Africa (May 2021) B.1.640 - Various countries (Sep 2021)

Gaetzgate - alleged trafficking of a minor over state borders by Florida representative Matt Gaetz let's go Brandon - f**k Joe Biden, from a mishearing QAnonsense - conspiracy theories or other "nonsense" spread by QAnon followers Retrumplican - a Republican supporter of Donald Trump Shadowprez - conspiracy theory alleging Donald Trump is still in control of the U.S. behind the scenes

bing chilling - pronunciation spelling of 冰淇淋 (bīngqílín), Chinese for “ice cream”, said by John Cena mordetwi - a ship between Mordecai from Regular Show and Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony reality shifter - someone who reality shifts reality shifting - the moving of one’s consciousness from their current reality to an alternative, desired reality sew bro - a man who enjoys sewing clothes supergay, superlesbian - the sexual attraction to the same gender, only sometimes excluding transgender individuals superphobe - a person with a hatred towards super straight people superphobia - the hatred of super straight people superphobic - showing hatred towards super straight people super straight, superstraight - the sexual attraction to the opposite gender, excluding transgender individuals trollge - depiction of troll face without smiling trollge incident - an unfortunate event wokelash - mass negative reactions by the public to “woke” or progressive ideas yassify, yassification - to give an AI-powered beauty makeover of one's face