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

This brief, innocent encounter was talked up by the waspish gossip columnist Rona Barrett.

From The Daily Beast

The father claimed that his first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad, supported the girls in their Western ways.

From The Daily Beast

Gossip columnist Rona Barrett wore a terry beach robe and diamonds.

From The Daily Beast

Born in Queens, Rona Barrett was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when she was 9.

From The Daily Beast

Within an hour a boat was ready to take the homefarers to the Isle of Caves, as Rona is sometimes called.

From Project Gutenberg

And this was the dread which, after these long weeks since he had come to Rona, was upon Alan Carmichael.

From Project Gutenberg

In some inexplicable way his real or imaginary presence there upon Rona seemed a pre-ordained thing for him.

From Project Gutenberg

More than one of the old people on Rona and Borosay remembered that sgeul out of the Seanachas that the tale-tellers knew.

From Project Gutenberg

Another animal away at the show is the little eight-months old Skye terrier, “Rona.”

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