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iso
Isolation or self-isolation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a sentence
We spent two weeks in iso after the test came back positive.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre selected iso as its 2020 Word of the Year and identified the Australian shortening pattern.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established