rona

¹

or Ro·na

[ roh-nuh ]

noun

, Slang.

1. COVID-19: You think it won’t, but the Rona will knock you on your ass—it’s no joke, guys.

   I’m not even trying for a beach body this year, since rona ruined my summer plans.

   You think it won’t, but the Rona will knock you on your ass—it’s no joke, guys.

RONA

²

1. Accounting. return on net assets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rona¹

First recorded in 2020; by shortening of (co)rona(virus) ( def )

Example Sentences

Snell pulled a coat from her father’s closet that Rona wears back home and the designer borrowed from Orkney residents: “Rona’s wellies were given to us by one of the women on the farm, and I bought her a new pair as a thank-you.”

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Overalls, oversize knits and a faux fur hat that Snell sourced but didn’t end up using for the Tilda Swinton movie “The Eternal Daughter” are part of Rona’s contrasting rural aesthetic.

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Like Rona, Rita experiences bliss on the dance floor in “Blitz.”

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Yet flashbacks highlight a sartorial connection within the cityscape Rita and Rona inhabit before one leaves the metropolis behind.

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In “The Outrun,” adapted by director Nora Fingscheidt from Amy Liptrot’s 2016 memoir of the same name, Rona is a fictional version of the author.

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