Rona
Coronavirus
Example
How's having the whole family at home?
Pretty tiring. I'm ready to be with rona
Related Slang
vid | COVID-19 |
Covid | COVID-19 |
Corona bump | Elbow bump with a person to avoid spreading the coronavirus |
Social distancing | Isolating from other people |
Covidiot | A person who downplays the dangers of COVID-19 |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
WFH | Work from home |
Meme | A piece of media that spreads via the Internet |
Zoom town | A town that many remote workers are moving to |
Boomer remover | COVID-19 |
Rona is an abbreviation for "Coronavirus" (COVID-19), which spread throughout the world at the end of 2019 into the spring of 2020. The abbreviation is typically seen online but is also spoken in person.
It became popular in March 2020 as health guidelines were put in place around the U.S. Rona is not an official abbreviation used by medical experts. It is only used in casual contexts, oftentimes when joking about the virus.