Meanings
nounevermasker (plural evermaskers)
plural evermaskers
- neologismAn individual who continues to wear a face mask in public after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the gym today I got a few funny looks for still sporting my N95. But I’m no evermasker!
2022 March 12, @josephholsten, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 22 Sep 20262 more examples
But, like other evermaskers, he is deeply concerned about the threat of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
2025 October 1, Sean Kernan, “The Life of Evermaskers in a Post-Pandemic World”, in Yahoo, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2026People complain about getting sick wayyyyyy too much to act so confused about why I’m an evermasker
2026 June 17, @suchnerve, X (post), archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Germanic*aiwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*aiw
- Old Englishā
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Germanic*in
- Proto-West Germanic*in
- Old Englishin
- Proto-Indo-European*perkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*pérkus
- Proto-Germanic*ferhuzder.?
- Proto-Germanic*ferhwą
- Proto-West Germanic*ferh
- Old Englishfeorh
- Old Englishǣfre
- Middle Englishever
- Englishever
- Englishmask
- Englishmasker
- Englishevermasker
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Cite this entry
APA
evermasker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evermasker
MLA
“evermasker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evermasker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evermasker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evermasker.
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