Definitions by Monkey's Dad
psychosocialsomatic
The news was pervasive, relentless and terrifying. The virus could be lurking anywhere, coming from anyone, the very act of breathing or touching so fraught with danger that everyone had come down with psychosocialsomatic symptoms.
psychosocialsomatic by Monkey's Dad March 14, 2020
sociophobe
A suddenly-healthy individual whose aversion to being close to other people, or - gasp! - being touched, was very recently seen as a disorder. In these stressful times he is a paragon of sanity.
I don't want to seem like a sociophobe, but please... the six-foot rule? Don't breathe on me, don't touch me, don't even look at my food!
sociophobe by Monkey's Dad March 14, 2020
peregrination
America after the fall became a peregrination, so many souls, trying to find their way back to a life that once was and would never again be.
peregrination by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020
epidoomiology
The government pressed him for an estimate of how many could die. He didn't want to indulge in epidoomiology, even knowing that the numbers were staggering
epidoomiology by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020
carpe perdiem
Grab the money the company offers for lunch, incidentals and travel, because you are grossly underpaid for your talents.
He hadn't had a raise in two years, and was working twice as hard. The least he could do was carpe perdiem.
carpe perdiem by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020
para-apocalyptic
A situation created out of fear that the end is coming, when in all probability it isn't. Feeling equivalent to the apocalypse, while not actually being there.
Empty shelves, empty stores, empty restaurants and empty streets, 'it's para-apocalyptic', he thought.
para-apocalyptic by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020
grandstand up
With much on his mind, and so much noise in the room, he knew it was time to grandstand up and be heard.
grandstand up by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020