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Definitions by Monkey's Dad

deprestidigitation

Depression, when the magic goes out of digital life.
She had been enthralled with Facetime, Zoom, texts and emails, yet now was overwhelmed with deprestidigitation, yearning for a touch, a smile, eye-contact, the unfiltered sound of a loving voice.

Coughkaesque

An unsettling, nightmare story of existence in the coronaviral age, redolent of Franz Kafka.
Empty streets, silent cities, people under legal edict to avoid others, with no sound more ominous than a simple cough, the world swiftly felt Coughkaesque.
Coughkaesque by Monkey's Dad April 2, 2020

quorumtine 

The minimum number of quarantined, work-from-home members that must be logged into an online video meeting to make the proceedings valid.
As the Zoom leader waited for the tenth member to sign in, unable to begin until the meeting had a quorumtine, she wondered whether they would ever see each other again in the real world.
quorumtine by Monkey's Dad April 2, 2020

For want of a nail 

For want of a nail a horseshoe was lost,
For want of a horseshoe a horse went lame,
For want of a horse a rider never got through,
For want of a rider a message never arrived,
For want of a message an army was never sent,
For want of an army a battle was lost,
For want of a battle a war was lost,
For want of a war a kingdom fell,
And all for want of a nail.

Quarantennials 

The generation coming into their 20s in the coronaviral age. Leaving college with a stay-at-home diploma, the prospects for career and family will be different from those faced by any generation in memory.
"As one of the Quarantennials, my education promises almost nothing. There will be no work for me, or anyone, in my chosen field, no promise of income, no practical dreams of home and family. It's true for almost everyone I know."
Quarantennials by Monkey's Dad April 1, 2020

teaching your dog to drive 

A polite suggestion that someone has admirable faith while being out of touch with reality.
"Brilliant idea, truly, but you're teaching your dog to drive."

Coronal Retentive 

Excessively orderly and fussy, paying too much attention to detail, as the result of being locked in during the coronaviral era.
She had always been relaxed and carefree. But with nowhere to go and no one to see, she reorganized every item in the bathroom cabinet by size, color and alphabetical order, and worried she was becoming coronal retentive.