I'm playing with the dictionary (not scrabble this time)

[redbird]

Elsenet, someone mentioned that the weirdest coronavirus symptom she'd read about was chilblains. So I went to the merriam-webster website to look up "chilblains," because I hadn't seen the word used lately and am hoping their bots will notice people looking it up. (Silly, I know.)

Since I had been led there by the "trending lookups" part of their webpage, I looked at the current list--the most recent entry is "quacksalver." https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/quacksalver-spikes-from-cbs-report-20200426

The lists are practically a running commentary on the news: the next-most-recent entries after it are "sarcasm/sarcastic," "disinfectant," "livedo," and "de minimis."

Comments

[springheel_jack]

livedo? the skin condition?

[redbird]

Yes, that. Apparently that's another odd COVID-19 symptom.

[threeringedmoon]

In my case, two new vocabulary items are fomites and hypoxic.

[rafiwinters]

What is "livedo"?

[redbird]

An odd sort of rash/blotchiness of skin, which is also being reported as a COVID-19 symptom.

[rafiwinters]

Generally, new vocabulary good. More medical vocabulary, wishing we didn't need it...

[conuly]

Yes, since the last election I've been grimly amused at MW's trending words sidebars.