From 'asymptomatic' to 'Zoom', COVID-19 has broadened our lexicon
Palm Springs Desert Sun This year of COVID-19 has changed the way we live, clearly, but in a subtle way it's also changed the way we talk. There are words and phrases that we say now without a second thought that one year ago we didn't even know existed. At this point, "Pfizer or Moderna?" is a perfectly acceptable pick-up line, right up there with, "Your Zoom room or mine?" I remember last March I asked my 7-year-old niece how school was going, and she said in the cutest little way: "Um good, Uncle Shad." I asked her the same thing today, and she said. "Asynchronous learning isn't as con...
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