quadrupledemic

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

Coined around 2022.

Noun

quadrupledemic (uncountable)

1. (virology, neologism) The widespread outbreak of Covid-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus at the same time. [from 2022]
   • 2022 December 18, David Axe, “Overlapping Virus Outbreaks Threaten ‘Tripledemic’ Crisis”, in Daily Blast‎^[1]:

     Add another monkeypox or bird flu outbreak, and we might even experience a “quadrupledemic.”