quarantini

Blend of quarantine +‎ martini.

quarantini (plural quarantinis)

1. (humorous, neologism) A martini-style cocktail popular amongst people in COVID-19 lockdown.
   • 2020 March 21, Alanna Durkin Richer, quoting Emily Anderson, “Quarantini? Happy hours go virtual”, in Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, page C7:

     Now she is planning to host weekly video chat happy hours to help moms “celebrate surviving another week of the Coronapocalypse” with a “quarantini.”

   • 2020 March 31, “How to make a ‘quarantini’”, in The Province, Vancouver, BC, page A22:

     What, exactly, is a quarantini other than something you drink during a quarantine? There are plenty of recipes floating around online, such as basic vodka martinis sipped from your sofa or more elaborate concoctions that add in items like emergen-c.

   • 2021 July 6, “‘Quarantini problem’ may have been a myth”, in Toronto Star, page B9:

     MacKillop says the data are still being compiled and analyzed, but he won't be surprised if, at the end of the day, we learn that alcohol consumption in Ontario was lower during the pandemic. Among many populations in Europe, similar patterns are emerging.
     So why did everyone take up the quarantini bender story as objective truth?

   • 2021 July 20, Randy Petersen, “Lake City’s Dick Boerger has recipe for success in Wall Street Journal”, in Post-Bulletin‎, Chicago:

     Recipes included things like "Fau-Cheesy Rice and Broccoli," "Peas Make-the-Corona-Virus-Go-Away Salad," and "Dirty Quarantini." Do you have a favorite?

     [Distributed by Tribune Content Agency; archived by ProQuest]

quarantini m

1. masculine plural of quarantino