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

Rona Valency, evacuated from kibbutz Kfar Giladi on 8 October last year, told me she wanted to go home, and that a ceasefire was needed, but that the idea of Lebanese residents returning to these villages gave her “a real sense of unease and fright”.

From BBC

“The only thing I can hope for is that Hezbollah will not infiltrate these villages and build a new network,” Rona told me.

From BBC

The film opens with your character Rona at maybe one of her worst moments, in this drunken state at the bar.

From Los Angeles Times

With that scene, in particular, I sort of channeled the “Bridemaids” scene on the plane, which I know sounds wild, but it was important to have these moments with Rona where she’s tragic but there’s almost like this comedic element to her, like she’s trying to be funny and she’s loving what she’s sort of bringing in that scene.

From Los Angeles Times

English is her second language, so she sort of approached the script loosely, in terms of the dialogue, which meant that you had to contribute a lot of the lines that we hear from Rona.

From Los Angeles Times