quarantiners
Those staying home
Quarantiners are people who are quarantining—isolating themselves to prevent disease transmission.
The term gained currency during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe those staying home during lockdowns: Fellow quarantiners, what are you binge-watching?
The word carries a sense of shared experience and solidarity among those enduring isolation together.
Enforced restriction on movement
- self-isolationVoluntary separation from others
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
- confinementState of being restricted
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
distancing · separation · bubble · pod · cocooning · sheltering · hunkering · retreat
Coronavirus disease abbreviation
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- exposureState of being unprotected
symptoms · testing · masks · sanitizer · transmission · contactless · essential · frontline
Weary disinterest from monotony
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
- ZoomVideo call platform
- puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
hobbies · streaming · baking · gardening · crafts · doomscrolling · Netflix · homeschooling
Domestic unit of residents
- roommatesPeople sharing a residence
- familyRelated people together
- cohabitantsPeople sharing a residence
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
support · solidarity · check-ins · clapping · deliveries · groceries · compliance · violators
lockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
- self-isolationVoluntary separation from others
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
- confinementState of being restricted
seclusion · distancing · separation · bubble · pod · cocooning · sheltering · hunkering · retreat · withdrawal
COVID
Coronavirus disease abbreviation
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
exposure · symptoms · testing · masks · sanitizer · transmission · contactless · essential · frontline · flatten
boredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
- ZoomVideo call platform
puzzles · hobbies · streaming · baking · gardening · crafts · doomscrolling · Netflix · homeschooling · decluttering
household
Domestic unit of residents
- roommatesPeople sharing a residence
- familyRelated people together
- cohabitantsPeople sharing a residence
neighbors · support · solidarity · check-ins · clapping · deliveries · groceries · compliance · violators
quarantinersminglers
Those who socialize freely
socializers · partygoers · social butterflies · mixers · networkers
quarantinerstravelers
People on trips
globetrotters · roamers · jet-setters · wanderers · commuters
- quarantine facilitiesPlaces for disease separation
- quarantine lawsRules enforcing health isolation
- quarantine zoneCordoned space preventing spread
- health quarantineEnforced separation preventing contagion
- quarantine areaRestricted zone for contagion
- home quarantineIsolation period at residence