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The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic made people socially distance and wear face masks. “Far cough” (“fuck off”) was a popular joke. “Far cough” has been cited in print since at least 1991 and was entered in the Urban Dictionary on September 10, 2018.

”#COVID19au Conservatives are welcome into my safe space, Liberals can Far cough” was posted on Twitter by L J Whitman on March 16, 2020. “Shamelessly stolen… Under current guidelines, nobody should cough within 2 metres of you. If they do then it is to be recorded as a ‘near cough’ and you should immediately instruct them to ‘far cough’” was posted on Twitter by #IsThisSatire on March 17, 2020.

“To avoid infection .. please, people must NOT cough near u. They MUST be far. If they cough near u, tell them to FAR COUGH” was posted on Twitter by Tinus Nel on March 20, 2020. “People must not cough near you. They must cough far away. IF they want to cough near you, tell them to Far cough!!!!!” was posted on Twitter by Radium Beerhall on March 20, 2020.

Similar to “far cough” (“fuck off”) is “wee cough” (“week off”). “Sorry boss, I can’t come in today. I have a wee cough” is a related joke.

Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.

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Far Cough

Urban Dictionary
Far cough
An unfriendly euphemistic expression asking another person to decamp. Similar to the biblical phrase “Go forth and multiply”.
Far cough you slimy cunt-faced son of a bitch.
#curse words#go forth and multiply
by Cynical bloke September 10, 2018

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L J Whitman
@LJWhitman1
#COVID19au Conservatives are welcome into my safe space,
Liberals can Far cough
10:20 PM · Mar 16, 2020·Twitter Web App

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#IsThisSatire
@aftabgujral
Shamelessly stolen…
Under current guidelines, nobody should cough within 2 metres of you. If they do then it is to be recorded as a ‘near cough’ and you should immediately instruct them to ‘far cough’.
1:28 PM · Mar 17, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Tony Cartledge
@tonycart
Given the consequences of a close cough these days, it’s finally become acceptable to tell people to far cough.
#coronavirus
4:16 AM · Mar 18, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Tinus Nel
@tytantinus
To avoid infection .. please, people must NOT cough near u. They MUST be far. If they cough near u, tell them to FAR COUGH
11:52 AM · Mar 20, 2020·Twitter Web App

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XaVieR
@XMalatji
To avoid infection .. please, people must *NOT* cough near u. They MUST be far. If they cough near u, tell them to *FAR COUGH*
12:39 PM · Mar 20, 2020·Twitter for Android

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Spider™ 🕷
@VeezO07
Please, please…. people must not cough near you. They MUST be far. If they cough near you, tell them to FAR COUGH!
2:36 PM · Mar 20, 2020·Twitter for Android

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John Hein
@dunedinbear
To avoid coronavirus infection, people must NOT cough near you. They MUST be far away when they cough. If they cough near you tell them to FAR COUGH.
#caronavirusoutbreak #Covid_19 #HealthandWellbeing #coughing
6:31 PM · Mar 20, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Radium Beerhall
@JazzedUpRadium
People must not cough near you.
They must cough far away.
IF they want to cough near you, tell them to
Far cough!!!!!
8:25 PM · Mar 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/OrangeJeepWdw March 20, 2020
People should not cough near you to avoid infection….
They must cough far away.
IF they want to cough near you, tell them to
Far cough!!!

Twitter
DeviSankareeGovender
@Devi_HQ
People must not cough near you.
They must cough far away.
IF they want to cough near you, tell them to
Far cough!!!!!
ImpImpImp
4:31 AM · Mar 21, 2020·Twitter for Android

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Mr. H
@asonofapeach
Seen in my extended family’s WhatsApp group:
“To avoid infection, people must not cough near you. They must cough far away. If someone coughs near you, tell them to far cough.”
Far. Cough.
#farcough
10:40 AM · Mar 21, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Facebook
Jonathan Anthony Nair
March 21, 2020 ·
People must not cough near you, they must cough far away.
If you hear someone coughing, tell them to…
far cough.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Alan_M_C March 25, 2020
Don’t cough near me!
People must not cough near you. They must cough far away. If you hear someone coughing, tell them to….. far cough

Twitter
Cookie!
@InstallCookies
“People must not cough near you, they must cough far away. If you hear someone coughing, tell them to… far cough” ~ Anon
8:29 PM · Apr 8, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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Tom Chikudo
@MinaNgiyamshova
People should not cough near you, they must cough far away. If they cough near you, you must tell them to far cough.
8:33 AM · Apr 14, 2020·Twitter for Android

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ftw7969 April 23, 2020
People must not cough near you, they must cough far away…
So when you hear someone coughing tell him to, “Far Cough!”

Twitter
IG:@melmaxxx
@Melmaxxx
People must not cough near you ,they must cough far away. If you hear someone coughing tell them to….Far cough
10:39 PM · Apr 27, 2020·Twitter for Android

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Mukaneya wa Tjidintji
@mukaneya
Far Cough!!!!
(A meme is shown.—ed.)
2:14 PM · May 6, 2020·Twitter for Android

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/anony_mast May 8, 2020
Covid19 Quarantine 101:
People must not cough near you, they must cough far away.
If you hear someone coughing, tell them to “far cough”.

“People must not cough near you, they must cough far away…” (“far cough”)