Coronavirus rhyming slang

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Most people are remarkably calm. I was in my local last night and the mood was, “if get it, it”. The most heated thing said about covid19 whether to call it Miley or Billy Ray! (Twitter user from Manchester, March 14, 2020)

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عنوان ژورنال: English Today

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['0266-0784', '1474-0567']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266078422000347