Mass linguistic creativity in coronavirus era
The article analyzes the mass linguistic creativity of the coronavirus pandemic era. The subject of the research as such is a diversified group of neologisms, which bear the meaning of a person. Within the boundaries of the opposition «supporters - opponents of the restrictions imposed by the authorities», there are described constantly replenishing subgroups of new words: nominations of the sick, the infected, those who spread the virus; words denoting people in isolation and those who remotely use digital technologies; nominations of doctors, medical workers, and specialists-researchers; denotations of those who exercise control and supervision during the pandemic; names of persons arbitrarily ignoring sanitary requirements; designations of those who deny the existence of the virus for ideological reasons; words naming persons who commit criminal acts during the coronavirus pandemic. The author specially notes the axiological of the neologisms and the role of mass linguistic creativity in the development of paronymy, synonymy, and antonymy.