quaranteam

English

Etymology

Blend of quarantine +‎ team.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tim/, /ˈkɔɹ.ən.tim/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tim/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːm/, /ˈkwɒrn̩tiːm/

Noun

quaranteam (plural quaranteams)

1. (informal) A group of people who choose to quarantine together during a pandemic to limit exposure and maintain social interaction and support.
   • 2020 April 17, Saba Hamedy, “People are ditching their homes and joining their friends to avoid isolation. It’s called quaranteaming”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     Two weeks ago, Lichaa and Noulinthavong formed what some are calling a “quaranteam,” loosely defined as the group of people you choose to live with during the coronavirus pandemic.

   • 2020 May 8, Emma Betuel, “Quarantine with friends? 5 tips experts say to consider”, in Inverse‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     Once in the quaranteam pod, you will have to adhere to a golden rule: You can't see anybody else. This is an extremely difficult rule to enforce, especially as quarantine drags on.

   • 2020 May 23, Megan Thompson, “How to form a COVID-19 social ‘bubble’ or ‘quaranteam’”, in PBS‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     Gideon Lichfield, the Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Technology Review, recently broke two months of isolation to form with some friends what's known as a "pod," a "bubble" or a "quaranteam" — that's "team," with an "m."

   • 2020 July 31, Erin Sagen, “Building a ‘Quaranteam’ is Helping People Deal With the Pandemic”, in Shondaland‎^[4], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     And research suggests that the quaranteam model might be the answer for getting through what’s likely to be months more of social distancing.

   • 2022 December, S. Harris Ali, Creighton Connolly, Roger Keil, Pandemic Urbanism: Infectious Diseases on a Planet of Cities, Polity Press, page 9:

     In closing, we thank our loved ones and "quaranteams" who afforded us this opportunity, during a period that required attention to care of others and ourselves, to carve out time to finish this work.

Verb

quaranteam (third-person singular simple present quaranteams, present participle quaranteaming, simple past and past participle quaranteamed)

1. (intransitive, informal) to quarantine together with a group of people; to form a quaranteam.
   • 2020 April 17, Saba Hamedy, “People are ditching their homes and joining their friends to avoid isolation. It’s called quaranteaming”, in CNN‎^[5], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     For those who remain solo during the stay-at-home order – or for those who are in other undesirable living situations – the internet has made it possible to fantasize about who they could quaranteam with.

   • 2020 May 8, Emma Betuel, “Quarantine with friends? 5 tips experts say to consider”, in Inverse (website):Inverse‎^[6], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     Considering the risks, the most important thing to do before choosing to quaranteam is to establish trust with the people who you want to shack up with.

   • 2020 July 31, Erin Sagen, “Building a ‘Quaranteam’ is Helping People Deal With the Pandemic”, in Shondaland‎^[7], archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

     He made the decision mid-March to quaranteam with a woman he had been casually dating for two months, named Heff.

   • 2023, Ismée Williams, Rebecca Balcárcel, Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities, Inkyard Press, page 125:

     I don't envy him having a mostly virtual collage, but he's making the most of it, quaranTEAMing with his boyfriend and bingeing our parents's streaming services. I'm totally jealous.

Derived terms

• quaranteaming