Definitions by Monkey's Dad

Faust or Famine 

A deal with the Devil, made by many Americans feeling deprived of their 'freedom', to mingle in public in the midst of a pandemic.

She'd been starved for fun, locked up at home. Knowing it was weighing Faust or Famine, she was going to the beach.

Faust or Famine by Monkey's Dad May 26, 2020

Eros Insanitas 

Eros and Thanatos. Life Force meets Death Wish.

Shedding their clothes and their inhibitions, people gathered in a celebration of Eros Insanitas, knowing that many would be infected, some would die.

Eros Insanitas by Monkey's Dad May 25, 2020

soli'tude

Attitude formed in response to isolation.

The first few months of being alone had been hard, but gradually she's developed her own soli'tude. She could get along just fine with no one... thank you.

soli'tude by Monkey's Dad May 25, 2020

a free country 

Concept championed by low IQ individuals, who want to do what they want to do.

She would refuse to wear a mask, spit in the face of the cashier, open the ice cream carton and lick the contents before putting it back, urinate in all the lemonade bottles, carry her gun where'n'when-the-hell she chose, drive 200 miles an hour through the red lights while schoolkids were crossing, and use the salt shaker on your table for target practice, because this is a free country.

a free country by Monkey's Dad May 25, 2020

the names 

Page one of The New York Times, May 24, 2020 - a list of nearly 100,000 names of Americans who have died from coronavirus in the past few weeks.

She stared at the names. Some of them, she had known. More would follow.

the names by Monkey's Dad May 24, 2020

abstruct 

An abstract construct. How the once-real world feels to many, after weeks of social distancing and lockdown.

She knew they were real people on her screen, during the zoom meeting, sorta. The truth was, she saw it as an abstruct, which she hoped no one could tell.

abstruct by Monkey's Dad May 24, 2020

morontine 

Involuntary isolation for people not intelligent enough to protect their own and others' well-being.

He'd ignored every warning, had gone to the packed bar, the beach and the barber, was coughing and feverish, and now found himself in mandatory morontine.

morontine by Monkey's Dad May 23, 2020