Monkey's Dad's definitions

Wankee Doodle Dandy

Boris Johnson, born in the United States, now, somehow, Prime Minister of Britain.

The ghost of Churchill returned to 10 Downing Street just long enough to be stunned that his once-dignified office was being sullied by this Wankee Doodle Dandy.

by Monkey's Dad September 21, 2019

Icon tact

The care a sports hero or movie star takes to maintain eye-contact and appear humble when expounding on something they know nothing about.

Asked his opinion on the impact of coronavirus on climate change, and also how it felt to see his new action flick streamed instead of released, he looked directly at the host, maintaining icon tact, and began cautiously to espouse his scientific theories.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

veterinary ophthalmology

A relatively recent specialty within the field of veterinary medicine, devoted exclusively to treating the eyes of non-human animals.

His dog, at the age of ten, had become completely blind. Whereas her blindness would once have been permanent, it could now be reversed. Dr. Jane Cho, a surgeon practicing in Westchester County, New York, had performed a miracle, in his view, had given back the world to his dog by restoring her vision. With each additional year of newly-sighted life, he felt enhanced gratitude toward the doctor and her staff, thankful for the gift of veterinary ophthalmology.

by Monkey's Dad August 22, 2021

slim-dunk

Putting a brave face on a move with only a slight chance of succeeding.

At this moment, getting the job was a slim-dunk, but maybe self-confidence would help.

by Monkey's Dad March 24, 2020

unstrung hero

Someone whose usual leadership skills are unraveling in the face of the unknown.

She knew her kids looked up to her, yet suddenly faced with total loss of income, feeling her symptoms of coronavirus increasing by the hour, she feared she would become their unstrung hero.

by Monkey's Dad March 25, 2020

incringement

Violating the boundaries of another person in a way that make both parties intensely uncomfortable.

Her questions, on their first date, about the most intimate details of his personal history, all the women in his past, why he was single, his income, prospects for advancement and whether he had any communicable diseases, constituted an extreme incringement of his dignity.

by Monkey's Dad March 4, 2025

gate

1) A new word, entered here, meaning the opposite of "negate". A positive counter to "negate's" negative. To gate is to affirm, verify, support, confirm, validate, agree.

Also...
2) A hinged barrier used to close an aperture in a wall, fence, or hedge.
3) A suffix denoting any kind of scandal, real or imagined - "Pizzagate" - following the 1972 Nixonian Watergate imbroglio, itself named for a Washington Hotel.

She entered the courtroom, confident that the DNA evidence, supported by eyewitness testimony, would gate her client's claim of innocence.

by Monkey's Dad March 28, 2021