On February 11 in Geneva, a brand new term was uttered by Tedros Adhanom, head of the World Health Organisation. As far as the menacing spread of neologisms and jargon is concerned, Covid-19 has been the biggest "super spreader event" of the century. When it comes to bamboozling jargon, clichés, and random quotes in the Covid-19 crisis, "the limit does not exist". New Zealand's government went to greater extremes to stop the virus and was said to have "crushed the curve". Before it became part of everyday parlance, "cocooning" was thought to be a stage in the lifecycle of a butterfly.

Source: Irish Independent June 27, 2020 07:41 UTC