Monkey's Dad's definitions

O. Z.

O. Z. stands for being overzealous, a brain disorder. Those afflicted do not know when to stop - planning a party down to the most minute detail, decorating a room or giving an endless stream of gifts on Christmas when a few would more than suffice. Frequently mis-diagnosed in children as industriousness or generosity, by adulthood it's incurable.

"I'll just tidy up", she said, heading for the kitchen, "a few minutes." Hours later she emerged, having rewashed the clean dishes, glasses and cutlery, scrubbed the floor, wiped, re-wiped and sterilized the counters, thrown out loads of perfectly good food to neaten the fridge and arranged their Urban Dictionary mugs in alphabetical order, her O. Z. out of control.

by Monkey's Dad December 29, 2023

demon-stration

A peaceful protest which is infiltrated and manipulated by opposing forces, to demonize the original gathering by instigating violence.

The BLM protest was civil and calm. Suddenly an outsider appeared, threw a rock at police, a fire was set, the cops sprayed tear gas and in minutes it became a demon-stration.

by Monkey's Dad September 5, 2020

binge washing

When sanitizer, soap, water, more sanitizer and more soap become addictive. Compulsive hand-washing

She'd started with 'Happy Birthday' as she scrubbed, but now found herself singing 'Stairway to Heaven', the extended concert version, guitar solos and all, unable to control her binge washing.

by Monkey's Dad April 25, 2020

Reviral Meeting

A premature gathering, reviving the spread of coronavirus.

She was so done with lockdown. Everyone was heading for the church and she was going to attend that reviral meeting and praise His name.

by Monkey's Dad May 3, 2020

HM

Her Majesty / High Maintenance. "Allow me to inform your uppity blonde self that we ain't even got no damn grapefruit juice to splash in your damn Sex on the Beach and same applies to whatever your pet monkey drinkin' too."

"What would HM request we place before her refined palate this morning? Hmm?"

by Monkey's Dad November 23, 2022

ICEolation

The condition of migrant families held in detention during the pandemic.

They seem all-but forgotten, many thousands of innocent people still being held in ICEolation, parents and children separated from each other, crowded and unable to keep any distance, now at extreme risk for contracting COVID-19.

by Monkey's Dad April 19, 2020

Vaxxophobia

The irrational fear of the COVID-19 vaccine.

An extraordinary percentage of the American population was infected, if not yet with Covid, then with vaxxophobia. Sitting glassy-eyed and slack-jawed in front of their TVs, an American vaxxophobe listened to paid performers on Fox and Newsmax, all of whom had been quietly vaccinated, tell them that Covid was nothing but a liberal hoax, that the vaccine would allow the illegitimate Democratic government to take their freedoms and to monitor their location at every moment. If they didn't believe it, they could look it up on their smartphones.

by Monkey's Dad July 25, 2021