Cô Vy

Vietnamese

This Vietnamese term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Pronunciation

Etymology

Coined by musician Khắc Hưng in the viral music video "Ghen Cô Vy" ("Jealous of Miss Vy") as a pun on COVID and + Vy, a common female name.

Proper noun

Vy

  1. (colloquial) COVID, namely COVID-19
    • 2020 February 23, Trần Đăng, “Gồng mình qua đại dịch”, in Quảng Nam Online, Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam, retrieved 2020-03-21:
      Đùng một cái, “dịch Cô Vy” (gọi nôm na từ Covid-19) xuất hiện, từ hơn nửa tháng nay, đường phố đột nhiên trống vắng.
      All of a sudden, the "Cô Vy epidemic" (an informal term for COVID-19) appeared. Over half a month ago, the streets suddenly emptied out.
    • 2020 March 18, Nguyễn Q, “Cô Vy ở New York City”, in Việt Báo, Garden Grove, California, retrieved 2020-03-21:
      Taxi ở NYC một thời làm mưa làm gió, phải trả cả triệu đô-la cho một cái giấy phép, vừa bị khốn đốn vì Uber và Lyft, nay thêm cô Vy nầy.
      It was raining and pouring for taxis in NYC for a while, having to pay as much as a million dollars for a license, meanwhile being sent into poverty by Uber and Lyft, and now add this COVID to the mix.

References

  • Seymat, Thomas; Julie Gaubert (2020-03-03), “Coronavirus: Vietnamese COVID-19 video goes viral as prevention message proves popular”, in Euronews, retrieved 2020-03-21
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