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covidiot

/ˌkoʊˈvɪd.i.ət/

covidiot noun: a person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.

Noun (1)

covidiot (plural covidiots)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.
    • Photoshop-skilled social media users altered the poster board to read as 'We have no idea what we're doing' and 'Trump is a Covidiot'2020 March 15, “We have no idea what we're doing': Social media mercilessly mocks coronavirus test flowchart produced by Trump's crisis team”, in Daily Mail
    • The aura of invincibility seemed to ooze off of these entitled covidiots, the term coined to describe those deciding to blissfully and willfully ignore measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the virus.2020 April 1, John White, “Don't be a covidiot”, in Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser
    Synonyms:
    pandejo

Noun (2) capitalized: COVIDiot

COVIDiot (plural COVIDiots)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of covidiot.
    • A COVIDiot snarls if the lineup is too long at the cash; squeezes all the fruit on display (then puts most of it back); hops into his vehicle and speeds down the now-wide-open city streets with no thought of public safety.2020 March 29, “EDITORIAL: Cooperation is way better than being a COVIDiot”, in Ottawa Sun

covidiot meaning in Indonesian

covidiot in Indonesian

person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19
covidtolol, kovidungu

Examples of covidiot in a sentence

  • A Covidiot party attended by a large number of people was shut down by police in Clydebank. […] A total of 37 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for 'breaching Covid regulations'.2021 March 19, Kathleen Speirs, “Scots cops bust Clydebank Covidiot birthday party as 37 fines handed out”, in Daily Record, archived from...
  • As I shared then, he once was the king of pandejos — the Mexican Spanish term for covidiots.2022 January 4, Gustavo Arellano, “We all need a pandemic-era hero in 2022”, in San Diego Union-Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Synonyms of covidiot

Forms of covidiot

pluralcovidiots
alternative formCOVIDiot
pluralCOVIDiots

Origin of covidiot

Blend of COVID + idiot.

Questions about covidiot

What does covidiot mean?
Covidiot means a person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.
What is covidiot in Indonesian?
Covidiot in Indonesian is covidtolol, kovidungu. See Covidiot meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use covidiot in a sentence?
A Covidiot party attended by a large number of people was shut down by police in Clydebank. […] A total of 37 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for 'breaching Covid regulations'.
What part of speech is covidiot?
Covidiot is a noun.
How do you pronounce covidiot?
Covidiot is pronounced /ˌkoʊˈvɪd.i.ət/.
What is the plural of covidiot?
The plural of covidiot is covidiots.

Words near covidiot in the dictionary

  1. COVID19
  2. covidian
  3. Covidianism
  4. covidians
  5. covidiocy
  6. covidiot
  7. covidiots
  8. covidivorce
  9. covidivorces
  10. covidless
  11. COVIDlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: covidiot (page history and authors); COVIDiot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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