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pando

pando noun: a pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Noun

pando

  1. (Australia, UK, slang) A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
    • We have crunched Covid-19 to Covid; the specific coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 is mostly now "coronavirus", and has been joined by "the pandemic" (for some in Australia, the "pando"), "'rona" and even "miss Rona".[2020 August 20, David Shariatmadari, “Pando, Miss Rona and Covid Toe: how the language of a disease develops – shaped by fear and prejudice”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
    • Had a radio job before the pando, now I don't. I went to school for it too. Now I gotta change gears and don't know howwwww2021 September 30, u/ThrustersOnFull, “what are some of the professions that are slowly dying ?”, in Reddit, r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2024

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Pando

Pando (plural Pandos)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pando

Pando

  1. A clonal grove of Populus tremuloides in Fishlake National Forest, Utah.
    Synonyms:
    Trembling Giant

Examples of pando in a sentence

  • Pre-pando things were really going well.2023 May 9, u/Magnus_Veritas, “CTA Hoses Train Cars Down With Fresh Piss”, in Reddit, r/chicago, archived from the original on 09 May 2023:
  • I really hope the next pando is more effective... ¶ I feel like COVID didn't come through on its promise.2023 December 4, u/TimothyOilypants, “Out in the wild”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2024:

Synonyms of pando

Forms of pando

pluralPandos

Origin of pando

Clipping of pandemic + -o.

Borrowed from Latin pandō (“I spread”).

Questions about pando

What does pando mean?
Pando means a pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
How do you use pando in a sentence?
Pre-pando things were really going well.
What part of speech is pando?
Pando can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near pando in the dictionary

  1. pandit
  2. pandita
  3. panditas
  4. pandits
  5. Pandjima
  6. pando
  7. Pandolfi
  8. Pandolfis
  9. pandoor
  10. pandoors
  11. pandora

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