Covid Generation Neologisms in our Russian Reality

Банщикова Надежда Георгиевна

Types of neologisms according to the method of word formation

In the modern Russian language, there are two main ways of forming words: morphological and non-morphological. The morphological way of forming words occurs with the help of morphemes. Also, this method is divided into the following types of morphological word formation: prefixal, suffixal, prefix-suffixal, suffixless and addition.

The neologisms studied by us during the COVID-19 pandemic appeared primarily with the help of the methods of morphological word formation.

The prefixal method of forming a new word by adding a prefix to the stem was found in the neologisms:

Pseudopandemia - pseudo + pandemic (from the Greek pseudos - lie), a prefix meaning: "false", "imaginary".
Pseudo-vaccination - pseudo + vaccination. This is the name of the Covid-19 virus vaccination by those who believe that it is a nonsense.

The suffixal method of forming a new word by adding a suffix to the stem was found in the following words: coronials, coronic, coronely.

Suffixless - the formation of a derived word by means of no suffix. Remote - remote; this is a derivative of "distance learning".

Confa - conference; this word is originated by reducing the stem.

The prefix-suffix method is the formation of a new word by simultaneously attaching a prefix and a suffix to the stem: was not found.

Addition is a way of forming words in which two or more stems are combined into one word.

Covideo is a word that arose by combining the words covid + video. This video is about life in self-isolation.

Coronathusiast - crown + enthusiast; created by combining the words coronavirus and enthusiast.

Quarantination - quarantine + vacation; originated by combining the words "quarantine" and "vacation".

Quarantinder - quarantine + tinder; created by combining the word "quarantine" and the name of the famous dating app Tinder.

Covidiot - covid + idiot; created by combining the words covid and idiot.

Coronasceptics - crown + sceptic; created by merging the words coronavirus and sceptics. Contactors - contact + actor; created by combining the words contact and actor.

Coronageddon - crown + geddon; created by merging the words coronavirus and armageddon. Coronopanic - crown + panic; created by merging the words coronavirus and panic.

Coronaphobia - crown + phobia; created by merging the words coronavirus and phobia.

Coronafakes - crown + fakes; created by merging the words coronavirus and fakes.

Conclusion: The conducted studies have shown that most of the neologisms of the COVID-19 pandemic period are formed by the addition method. During the epidemic of coronavirus, these words were used more than once in various media headlines. The "covid generation dictionary" has been made and it would help better navigate in our reality, adapt to new living conditions and understand the interlocutor.

«Covid Generation Dictionary»

№ п/п	Neologism	Meaning
А
1	Antisocial nearing	Necessary social distance. During the pandemic, many ignore the recommendations on maintaining social distance and instead engage in "antisocial rapprochement", that is, they do not avoid handshakes, hugs and spend time with a large number of people.
В
2	BCV - Before Coronavirus	The abbreviation is similar to another well-known abbreviation of the English language: BC - Before Christ (before Christ), denoting the period BC. To some extent, the coronavirus pandemic has also become for us a period of separation into before and after.
3	Bare-faced	People who have no masks on their faces.
С
4	Coronoia	Is a word formed by analogy with paranoia. Such a disease is attributed to people who shy away from sneezing and coughing, are afraid to shake hands and pour antiseptic on themselves in litres.
5	Coronacation	The word coronacation as a derivative of the word vacation it appeared to describe such a phenomenon when people received money for not going to work, as a result of which they had a lot of free time.
6	Corona enthusiasts	Are opponents of skeptics and dissidents. Corona enthusiasts advocate self-isolation and masks and conduct heated debates, convincing others to do the same.
7	Coronafakes	Are fake news that flourish in social networks and messengers against the background of general anxiety and uncertainty. This includes the above-mentioned tales about Bill Gates and 5G towers, and panic reports that robbers, posing as exterminators, put people to sleep with gas, and simply unverified information.
8	Coronalationship	During the quarantine, the word relationship also changed, turning into the word coronalationship, which means "temporary relationship", so as not to quarantine alone.
9	Coronely	The word was formed from another English word: lonely. People who felt lonely because of the endless coronavirus pandemic gave the appropriate name to such a feeling.
10	Coronapocalypse	Worrying about the lack of reliable information about a new deadly virus has given rise to the concept of coronapocalypse, which means the end of the world associated with the extinction of mankind from the coronavirus.

11	Coronageddon	Armageddon in the era of coronavirus.
12	Coronapanic	Is about people's reaction to a pandemic when they bought everything in a great amount because of the fear.
13	Corona party	The name corona party was given to a social phenomenon in which people deliberately seek to communicate with those infected with coronavirus, hoping to get over and recover before hospitals are overcrowded and treatment, in their opinion, will be impossible.
14	Coronaphobia	The term means the fear of contracting coronavirus. Therefore, someone may react aggressively to other people who are too close and violate social distance.
15	Coronasceptics	They, like dissidents, do not have full confidence in the information provided by official sources. Coronasceptics, as a rule, do not support conspiracy theories, but they believe that the scale of the problem is exaggerated, harsh measures are not needed, self-isolation or not is a personal matter for everyone.
16	Coronials	By analogy with millennials, children who will be born as a result of a long stay of couples in self-isolation. The first wave of such coronials appeared in the world nine months after the quarantine was announced, and to this day this term refers to children born during the pandemic.
17	Coronic	Another word that has entered our lives forever as a result of the pandemic. This is the name of anyone who has a coronavirus. The same word can characterize the condition in which the sick person is.
18	Coronoia	Is a word formed by analogy with paranoia. Such a disease is attributed to people who shy away from sneezing and coughing, are afraid to shake hands and pour antiseptic on themselves in liters.
19	Coronaphobia	Is a pathological fear of people becoming infected with coronavirus, which leads to inappropriate actions of those who succumbed to a panic attack? The story in New Sanjars is a vivid example of coronaphobia.
20	Covideo	By analogy with quarantine, covideo is a video about life in self-isolation.
21	Covidiot	At the very beginning of the pandemic, the word covidiot began to use for those people who ignored warnings about compliance with security measures, as well as those who feverishly bought up various goods, emptying store shelves.
22	Covid dissident	Is a type of covidiot. There are HIV/AIDS dissidents - strange people who believe that HIV does not exist, and pharmaceutical companies and the government simply poison people with medicines. By analogy with them, coronavirus deniers were named - those who claim that there is no coronavirus, people are sick with something else or do not get sick at all, and Bill Gates, under the guise of a non-existent epidemic, wants to chip everyone.
23	Covidivorce	Not all marriages were able to survive quarantine, when married couples had to spend all their time together in isolation. As a result, the word divorce was transformed into covidivorce - to divorce as a result of the pandemic.
24	the Crown	Is a direct personification of the COVID-19 virus.

25	the Crowned one	Is a person infected with the Covid-19 virus. To be crowned - this verb comes from the slang name of the virus "crown". It means taking a Covid-19 test.
D
26	Distance learning	Is a home form of education for schoolchildren and students under the supervision of a teacher. For distance learning, online lessons and knowledge tests under the supervision of a teacher are important.
I
27	Infodemic	This word was formed by merging words such as info - information and pandemic. The new word was born as a result of the huge amount of information that arose with the advent of the pandemic in our lives. Over time, it began to have a predominantly negative character and was used to denote incorrect, false information disseminated through various media and social networks.
28	Iso	Is an abbreviation of the word "isolation". Today, Instagram posts are published under the hashtag #iso, the meaning of which is "life in isolation": for example, iso-food (recipes during isolation) or iso-trends (fashion or makeup during self-isolation).
29	Iso - trend	fashion, makeup during self-isolation
30	Iso-food	cooking recipes during isolation
M
31	Maskless	A person who does not wear a mask to protect himself from the virus.
32	Microcough	At a time when any person coughing in a public place could be perceived as a potential carrier of coronavirus, the concept of microcough appears in the world. This may be almost imperceptible cough, which is also hidden by a mask on the face.
P
33	Panny	During the year of living side by side with the coronavirus, many people got tired of hearing and pronouncing the word "pandemic" every day, as a result of which a short diminutive form of this word appeared: panny.
34	Pseudopandemia	Is the name of the Covid-19 virus by those who do not believe in the coronavirus.
35	Pseudo-vaccination	Is the name given to vaccination against the Covid-19 virus by those who believe that it is a dummy.
Q
36	Quaranteam	The word consonant with the word quarantine appeared after the announcement of this very quarantine. The ending was taken from the English word team - composition, crew, team. Thus, the word quaranteam began to be called a group of people who are quarantined together during a pandemic.
37	Quarantine	Is a word that arose by combining the words "quarantine" and"vacation". The period of non-working days announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is also used in the meaning of imitation of vacation in self - isolation.
38	Quarantini	Another word that appeared during quarantine, which became the name of a strong alcoholic cocktail, "quarantine" plus "martini" - and it turned out to be both a drink and an event. A drink is any alcohol that you will consume during an online party with your friends in Zoom. The event itself is a video meeting with friends with mandatory alcohol consumption and food.

39	Quarantine-shaming	Is the censure of people who violate the self-isolation regime, and aggression towards them. This expression was formed due to the merger of two words "shaming" from the English shame - "shame" and "quarantine". Quarantine-shaming refers to public harassment of a person for non-compliance with quarantine measures. For example, for refusing to put on a mask in a shopping mall or to comply with the requirement of social distance, a scandal may begin with a subsequent fight.
R
40	The red zone	Is a zone with an increased spread of coronavirus, as a result of which increased epidemiological restrictions are introduced in it.
S
41	Sanitizer	Is a modern name for household antiseptics and disinfecting liquids.
42	Self-isolation	People who stay at home do not twitch at the risk of getting infected or infecting others.
43	Sit-at-homers	Are people who advocate full compliance with the self-isolation regime and call on others to do so.
44	Sofa virusologists	Are people who have nothing to do with the study of viruses and even medicine in principle, but confidently give out information about a new virus.
Z
45	Zoom	To hold a video meeting on the Zoom video conferencing service or, in the later period of the pandemic, on any other video communication service. The participants of the video meeting in Zoom are also called zoomers.
46	Zumbombing	Is the sudden appearance of relatives or pets during a video meeting on Zoom, as well as the disruption of online lessons by prankers.
47	Zoomwear	The style of clothing appeared with the arrival of work and study in our lives remotely with the need to use video communication, most often in the zoom application, when someone wears formal clothes above the waist, such as shirts, jackets or blouses, and below - shorts, pajamas or even underwear.
48	WFH working from home	The word existed before, but in conditions of self-isolation it acquired a special meaning, since not everyone was comfortable working from home - for example, parents with children.

9.06.2022