Lockdowner

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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."

Example

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"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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