New Delhi: The social media lately is stuffed with names of anti-COVID medication as India battles the second wave, within the midst of all of the gloom two ministers share a enjoyable Twitter banter on who’s behind naming these medicines.
Telangana minister and Working President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Okay T Rama Rao or KTR as he’s popularly recognized, has been relaying requests and arranging sources for anti-COVID medication for these in want on his Twitter account.
Sharing a listing of names on Twitter, he wrote: “On a lighter note, any idea who comes up with this unpronounceable names for meds? Posaconazole, Cresemba, Tocilzumab, Remdesivir, Liposomal Amphoterecin, Flavipiravir, Molnupiravir, Baricitinib…And the list goes on…”
In his subsequent tweet he mentioned, “I suspect Shashi Tharoor Ji ‘Pakka’ has a role to play in this.”
I believe @ShashiTharoor Ji Pakka has a job to play on this https://t.co/zO024Pq0Oa
— KTR (@KTRTRS) May 20, 2021
Not to draw back from a enjoyable banter the Congress chief responded that saying‘not responsible’ and proceeded to show Twitter some extra new phrases.
Not responsible! How are you able to bask in such floccinaucinihilipilification, @KTRTRS? Left to me I’d fortunately name them “CoroNil”, “CoroZero”, & even “GoCoroNaGo!” But these pharmacists are extra procrustean…. https://t.co/YrIFSoVquo
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 21, 2021
The Thiruvananthapuram MP’s response was recieved with a lot gusto as netizens couldn’t assist however crack up.
For those that are questioning, the Oxford dictionary defines ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’ as “the action or habit of estimating something as worthless” whereas ‘procrustean’, means “enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.”
