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strollout en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of stroll + rollout.

Meanings

1. (Australia, informal) The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a relatively slow pace.
   • The report cites neologisms like “vaxxie,” “vaxinista” and “vax(i)cation” and “inoculati.” Some may fade away and never make it into the dictionary. But others — like “strollout,” which gained prominence in Australia in May, amid frustration over the slow pace of vaccination programs — may become useful in a broader variety of contexts, McPherson said. 2021 October 31, Jennifer Schuessler, “Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2021:
   • Opinion polls were showing that Morrison had been personally damaged by the government's perceived failures on vaccine supply – the 'strollout' – and the brawls with state leaders over who was to blame for lockdowns during Delta. 2022, Simon Benson, Geoff Chambers, Plagued: Australia's two years of hell — the inside story:

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