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Catherine Addison-Swan

New nickname for cost of living crisis goes viral and leaves people 'absolutely losing it'

You've heard of Platty Joobs, Panny-D and the Rona - now get ready to start hearing Cozzie Livs in everyday conversation.

The cost of living crisis has been the topic on everyone's lips for months now - so much so that it has now been christened with its own slang nickname by social media users. A Twitter post quickly went viral showing a screenshot of a conversation that dubbed the crisis the "Cozzie Livs", and people loved the new term so much that many vowed to immediately start incorporating it into everyday conversation.

Much like its predecessors of the Rona (Coronavirus) and Panny-D (the pandemic), Cozzie Livs seems to be Gen Z's way of finding humour in a tough situation, and the new term has left people "absolutely losing it" after the tweet racked up more than 25,000 likes. "Saying cozzie livs is now my 2023 resolution," one person said.

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"If I were an economist I'd say this constantly," another replied.

"Syllables are very expensive these days what with inflation," someone else joked.

"The cute-ification of very serious, impactful events that are out of our control is so funny," another Twitter user observed.

"You have to give it to the brits for creating a slang out of everything," one commented. "Top tier."

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