Last week I asked my Twitter pals to share what they find themselves regularly saying now that, before the coronavirus lockdown, they rarely or never said.

There was...a lot. Maybe when you read this you will hear yourself - I know I did.

Language helps us make sense of the world around us, and these phrases have become part of how we have narrated 100 days of lockdown. It will be interesting to see how much of it stays in use, what goes - and what else emerges.

So, how many of these have you used?

Unprecedented A word I have come to hate.

‘You’re on mute!’ How many times I have uttered this and also for some reason accompanied it with actions? Even though I’m not the one on mute...

‘You’re breaking up, try switching off your camera’ We are all IT experts now.

I think X is trying to join us As someone pops up on screen and promptly disappears again.

Recovery Always followed by “plan”.

‘Try leaving and coming back in again’ Have you ever said that in a face-to-face meeting? You might have wanted to…

Blended learning Still a sore topic here in Scotland, I think.

Social distancing Many of us trying to replace “social” with “physical” - because it’s still OK to make eye contact and smile you know.

‘I can’t, I’m zooming’ A new verb has been coined.

‘What day is it?’ Like that weird bit between Christmas and New Year - only it’s gone on for a lot longer.

‘When we were in the real world...’ Those halcyon days when we could hug and sit in the same room as people from another household.

‘The situation is fluid’ And then some.

‘When we get back to normal’ Some parts of normal I think we need to leave behind.

Dysregulation I think we’ve all felt that at some point.

‘I’m going to share my screen, can you see my slide?’ Guilty. I think I’m surprised each time it actually works.

‘Will we just meet in Teams?’ The new cool place to hang out - but bring your own coffee.

Zoom fatigue It’s a real thing.

Following the science And yet we all do something different.

‘I’m all webinared out’ Aren’t we all?

‘Say that again’ Because I only got every fourth word.

‘STOP! You’re not on mute!’ This made me laugh - I can’t imagine what was happening.

‘We’ll just wait a few more minutes for the others to join us’ During that awkward pre-meeting stage, sometimes I resort to giving people a tour of what’s on my desk.

‘Oh, sorry, you go!’ ‘No, you go!’ Then neither of you goes.

Banana bread Sourdough and elderflower cordial, too - I caved and have my elderflower concoction infusing as I type.

‘Can you turn off your cameras for bandwidth?’ It does actually work. Well, sometimes…

‘Who painted the picture on the wall behind you?’ Or ‘what’s that book growing on your left shoulder?’.

‘I’m hoping to gain more clarity’ In other words, “I have no idea.”

‘You’re frozen…no, you’re back again…no, you’re frozen again’ “Let it go, let it goooooooo…”

‘My wee boy would ask me to “relocate” as I’m too loud’ Brilliant. It’s something I think many of us who have worked in open-plan offices wish we could have suggested on more than one occasion to “that” colleague - you know the one.

‘Is your gazebo really pink?’ No, it’s green but on any Meet it turns an attractive shade of fuchsia.

‘Are you up yet and have you checked Teams yet? Parents of teens may relate to this.

‘I’m going to the shops, where’s my face hammock?’ I must admit, “face hammock” was a new one for me. There may be many other Covid-19 neologisms waiting to be discovered.

Sarah Philp is a coach, consultant and psychologist, who previously worked as a local authority principal educational psychologist in Scotland. She tweets @sarahphilpcoach. This is a version of a piece published on her blog.