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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Australia, UK, slang) A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic)..
We have crunched Covid-19 to Covid; the specific coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 is mostly now "coronavirus", and has been joined by "the pandemic" (for some in Australia, the "pando"), "'rona" and even "miss Rona".
Had a radio job before the pando, now I don't. I went to school for it too. Now I gotta change gears and don't know howwwww
Pre-pando things were really going well. It's such a shame
I really hope the next pando is more effective... ¶ I feel like COVID didn't come through on its promise.
Use pando when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pando means (Australia, UK, slang) A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We have crunched Covid-19 to Covid; the specific coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 is mostly now "coronavirus", and has been joined by "the pandemic" (for some in Australia, the "pando"), "'rona" and even "miss Rona".
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