Monkey's Dad's definitions
A long-time tactic employed in police interrogation, to force a suspect to drop his guard and open up. Now, a duality threatening the fabric of American social justice.
Standing in a line of peaceful protestors seeking acknowledgment of racial injustice, unsure as to whether the well-armed men before him would protect him or attack him, he saw clearly - the good cop bad cop routine had taken to the streets.
by Monkey's Dad June 13, 2020
Get the good cop bad copmug. 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
Get the Icon tactmug. Something which is in front of us, yet cannot or will not be seen.
The visual equivalent of 'falling on deaf ears'.
The visual equivalent of 'falling on deaf ears'.
Inside the White House, the numbers kept falling on blind eyes, unable to see that infection rates were exploding, that their candidate was massively behind in the polls, that across the country, people were on the march and would not back down.
by Monkey's Dad June 24, 2020
Get the falling on blind eyesmug. You've seen him; the guy who unknowingly manifests the style and philosophy of The Dude, played by Jeff Bridges in the Coen brothers' 1998 film, "The Big Lebowski".
"Check out the Lebowsker."
"Wayfarers, bowling shirt, several years late for work?"
"Certain things have come to light, man."
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"Wayfarers, bowling shirt, several years late for work?"
"Certain things have come to light, man."
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by Monkey's Dad July 29, 2023
Get the Lebowskermug. 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
Get the veterinary ophthalmologymug. by Monkey's Dad March 24, 2020
Get the slim-dunkmug. The 22-year-old poet who spoke with poise and eloquence at the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, reading her poem "The Hill We Climb". Ms. Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in United States history, earned wide praise and admiration for her contribution to an event regarded, by several measures, as historically significant.
Amanda Gorman joins a small group of poets who have graced a presidential inauguration with their words, among them Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Miller Williams, Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco.
From "The Hill We Climb", she read:
"And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it.
Somehow, we do it.
Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed
A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished."
From "The Hill We Climb", she read:
"And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it.
Somehow, we do it.
Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed
A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished."
by Monkey's Dad January 24, 2021
Get the Amanda Gormanmug.