Word(s) of the Year
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muninnhuginnCambridge has "quarantine" and has added a new definition.
Others have multiple words.
Me, I want to nominate the least used word of the year: SINGLE-FILE. (sorry, not not, I'm only shouting inside.)
No, being in the same household as the folk you are walking with (or cycling with) doesn't make you occupy the space of a single entity. If you are approaching somene and you're trying to obey the 2m rule, get in single-file. No, being a couple doesn't join you at the hips.
Actually, I've found that if you wear a mask outside, even where not required, people do distance themselves, tuck themselves behind one another. No mask, no reaction.
Others have multiple words.
Me, I want to nominate the least used word of the year: SINGLE-FILE. (sorry, not not, I'm only shouting inside.)
No, being in the same household as the folk you are walking with (or cycling with) doesn't make you occupy the space of a single entity. If you are approaching somene and you're trying to obey the 2m rule, get in single-file. No, being a couple doesn't join you at the hips.
Actually, I've found that if you wear a mask outside, even where not required, people do distance themselves, tuck themselves behind one another. No mask, no reaction.
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Date: 2020-12-01 09:50 am (UTC)I've found that striding toward them and showing no sign of moving aside for them usually causes couple or groups to shuffle themselves into single file... Occasionally after a comment or two directed at me. My standard answer is usually, "Single-file is a thing, you know." Although, depending on the tone of their comments, I have been known to amend it to, "SINGLE-FILE, you antisocial git! Look it up if you're too stupid to understand the concept without explanation".
But then, I don't mind doing my shouting on the outside when I feel the situation warrants it.
Teddy