repentitis

Spanish

Etymology

From de repente +‎ -itis. Term used ironically by anti-vaxxers when the media say that a young person or adult dies "suddenly" (de forma repentina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /repenˈtitis/ [re.pẽn̪ˈt̪i.t̪is]
  • Rhymes: -itis
  • Syllabification: re‧pen‧ti‧tis

Noun

repentitis f (plural repentitis)

  1. (medicine, politics, Internet slang, Spain) alternative form of repentinitis
    • 2021 November 3, Fernando López-Mirones, “El biólogo Fernando López-Mirones alerta sobre las «demasiadas Repentitis» que están ocurriendo entre «submarinistas, pilotos y alpinistas»”, in EuskalNews‎[1], archived from the original on 26 December 2021:
    • 2021 November 4, “REPENTITIS asola a futbolistas y atletas. ¡Y sólo es hasta el 24 de agosto!”, in Rambla Libre‎[2]:
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