Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variable measure of length in use in India and neighboring countries. The covids of Batavia, Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta are stated at from 18 to 18.6 inches; those of Mocha and Sumatra at from 15 to 16 inches. The covid of China is the chin, equal to 14.1 inches.

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Examples

  • I covid tell this was hard for her, but I needed to kncggw how she felt.

    Cat & Mouse Patterson, James 1997

  • These debates have been supercharged by the rise of long Covid, a patient-coined term invoking post-viral chronic illness that lingers after sufferers have ostensibly recovered from SARS-CoV-2.

    We Might Have Long Covid All Wrong Natalie Shure 2023

  • This has become a trend in many adults, who describe experiencing symptoms of “long covid” for weeks or months after they first became unwell.

    Have we been thinking about covid-19 symptoms all wrong? #author.fullName} 2020

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  • anyone else want to pretend this is all it means?

    March 25, 2020

  • I would rather use this word in accordance with the definition here than use it in referencing a certain disease.

    November 20, 2020

  • Yeah well after 57 million confirmed cases worldwide, denial is probably off the menu.

    November 20, 2020

  • there's like, nothing mankind can't denial about it's our species superpower

    November 20, 2020

  • I think language is our superpower and denial our tragic flaw. Along with apophenia probably.

    November 22, 2020

  • "Yeah well after 57 million confirmed cases worldwide, denial is probably off the menu."

    (wonders about why this message was posted here)

    August 23, 2021