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Stu Spelling Bee

With so many people having caught it, why is the coronavirus continually referred to as "novel?"

Posted - May 22, 2020
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  • 34180
    It is the newst of the cornaviruses.  
      May 22, 2020 7:28 PM MDT
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  • 2327
    It means new. I suspect they'll stop calling it novel when there's a proven vaccine. 
      May 22, 2020 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 17583
    In science a brand new bug is always called novel.
      May 22, 2020 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Novel: adjective. New, original,  recently come into existence. 

    A novel is a literary work of fiction,  eg when the bible was written it was a novel novel. 
      May 22, 2020 8:21 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    The media is trying to sound 'smart'. 
      May 23, 2020 7:20 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    The media didn’t invent the term. 
      May 23, 2020 7:30 AM MDT
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  • 53490

     Who claimed that the media did or did not “invent” the word?  Stating that the media used or uses a word is a far cry from claiming that the media invented it. 

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      May 23, 2020 4:16 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    So?
      May 23, 2020 4:18 PM MDT
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  • 53490

     

      So why or how is your quip even relevant to the conversation?
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      May 23, 2020 4:24 PM MDT
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  • 7280


    Adjective---    novel, means having recently come into existence or use.

    If something is recent, it happened in the immediate past or not long ago. You are a recent fan of yoga if you just started liking it in the past week or two. If you talk about something that happened in recent months or years, it means the last one to three months or years.
      May 23, 2020 6:05 PM MDT
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