New words enter our commonly-used lexicon as society evolves. Baby Boomers had to get their minds around pocket calculators and computer bugs. Whereas Generation Y and Z had to become accustomed to random access memory, line speed and apps. Our millennials have a new vocabulary of North American English too. Except this time it revolves around a coronavirus.
A Fresh Direction in the New Vocabulary of North American English
Words entered our vocabulary that embraced coping with new technology until quite recently. However, this time they have to do with a more fundamental form of survival. Covid-19 – short form of Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 – is more than a computer bug.
Our new vocabulary of North American English has a fresh meaning for flattening the curve. Because this time it’s about keeping our health systems in good shape. Lock down has a new reality too. It now means stay at home, flatten the nation’s curve and try to stay trim yourself.
The New ‘Dem’ that Says Stay Calm, Don’t Panic
A big word, pandemic, enters our new lexicon of North American English when we insert the word ‘dem’ into ‘panic. We have a large problem now, because we shared the virus causing Covid-19 among us.
We know we could stop spreading it if we all went into self isolation. However, that would flatten the economy and we can’t afford that. So what we have to do is maintain social distancing among us, because the virus only travels six feet through the air. However, we need one more phrase in our new vocabulary of North American English.
That phrase is wash hands for at least 20 seconds in soapy water as often as we can. We have a greater chance of transferring the virus to ourselves with our hands, than catching it direct over the air. We should try to be mindful of our lexicon of new words as often as we can, because it is the pathway to our future.
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