gesundheit

Why bother still bringing up someone’s nepo-ness whenever their name is mentioned, with both the mic-drop confidence of a gotcha and the rote formality of a gesundheit?

And that Fennell has set her marvelously wicked story in 2006 — a decade before “check your privilege” became a refrain as common as “gesundheit” — makes Felix’s early-onset empathy extraordinary.

Saying “Thank you for your service,” after learning that someone served in the military has become commonplace, but many veterans say the phrase has become so rote that it’s little more than a reflex statement, like saying “Gesundheit” after someone sneezes.

Using the Gesundheit ll, a machine developed to measure flu transmission, she and her colleagues measure the amount of the virus in exhaled breath, and their findings help explain why new variants are more contagious in addition to their ability to evade immunity, she said.

Those around me sometimes respond with “God bless you,” “Gesundheit” or the like, to which I give a polite nod.