Lockdowner
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who supports lockdown measures (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).
"If we’re hoping to adjudicate what seems like a forever war between lockdowners and let-it-rippers, it probably helps to recall what first-year pandemic policy looked like — and how much of what we might remember as policy was really just pandemic."
- 2 A person whose movements and activities are limited by a lockdown (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).
"Why Apple fell in love with its own creation here is understandable. You can zoom about this map of apps like a holiday-starved lockdowner browsing Google Maps, and it lets you zoom right into apps with a final twist of the crown."
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More examples"If we’re hoping to adjudicate what seems like a forever war between lockdowners and let-it-rippers, it probably helps to recall what first-year pandemic policy looked like — and how much of what we might remember as policy was really just pandemic."
Etymology
From lockdown + -er.
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