vaxxie

English

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

Etymology 1

Blend of vax (“vaccine”) +‎ selfie. Coined in late 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Noun

vaxxie (plural vaxxies)

1. (slang, neologism) A photograph (especially a selfie) of a person receiving a vaccine, often shared on social media.
   • 2020 December 27, Charlotte Cowles, “The Week in Business: The Bitter End”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Perhaps you’ve seen your first “vaxxies” — naturally, photos that people take of themselves getting a coronavirus vaccine and then post on social media. The country has already distributed over one million doses to health care workers, but who’s next?

   • 2021 January 19, Guy Kelly, “The rise of the vaxxie – and why the Greek PM’s Herculean effort is more important than you might think”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[2]:

     Posting a ‘vaxxie’ (rarely a true a selfie, for logistical reasons) is becoming the unexpected social media trend of 2021, and led by a just as unexpected band of influencers. […] Inevitably, there will be some who deem vaxxies to be as smug, performative and fatuous as all other social media crazes.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vaxxie.

Etymology 2

From vaxx +‎ -ie, Coined by 4chan in mid 2021.

Noun

vaxxie (plural vaxxies)

1. (slang, neologism, derogatory) A person who has received the COVID-19 vaccine.
   • 2022 June 11, “/pol/ - Politically Incorrect”, in 4chan‎^[3], retrieved 9 September 2023:

     Vaxxie, Vaxxie, heart attacksie, Takes his tests and wears his maskies, Still got Covid, every strain, Got spike proteins in his brain