the small group of people you chose to interact with during a pandemic
Category: Glossary
Quaranterm
Quarantini
Ring light
Slack
social distance
synchronous
adjective.
A class or activity where all members meet online at the same time—or are supposed to. As opposed to asynchronous.
"All of my classes are online but synchronous."
The Before Time
Phrase used to denote the period preceding the global novel coronavirus pandemic, when “normal” life was possible. Often used nostalgically to refer to activities that seem impossibly distant now.
"Remember The Before Time, when we actually sought out crowded indoor spaces like dance clubs, bars, sports arenas and theaters to have fun?"
The Flu
Vaccication
Vaccinationalism
Vulnerable
Zoom
zoom
Zoom dissonance
noun.
The feeling you get after exiting a Zoom class, lecture or meeting and realizing that you indeed have a physical form and exist outside of the 1 inch rectangle on your laptop.
""Uff, my Zoom dissonance was so unsettling today. I exited the Zoom meeting and half-expected my professor to be in the room with me.""