He was their new neighbor, so comprehensively offensive to everybody that within a couple of weeks of his arrival he was a laughing stock. No one wanted him there. No one was speaking to him, or ever would. He had trained hard to become what he was - impeccably ill-mannered. It was a talent given to few.
by Monkey's Dad May 10, 2021
Get the impeccably ill-manneredmug. She had always taken comfort in the idea that character is destiny, that good people would prevail, that the bad would receive their just punishment. Now, with the possibility of a second term, and the further catastrophe it would unleash, she was not so sure.
by Monkey's Dad September 19, 2020
Get the character is destinymug. As she logged in to her Tuesday morning creative writing seminar, she looked around at the Halls of Epidemia, which looked almost exactly like her bedroom.
by Monkey's Dad April 06, 2020
Get the The Halls of Epidemiamug. by Monkey's Dad March 17, 2020
Get the coronaviralmug. 1) An early name for “rabbit.” Historically rhyming with honey, it derives from the French conil, from the Latin cunīculus.
2) The maiden name of Amy Coney Barrett, the present nominee for Supreme Court justice.
2) The maiden name of Amy Coney Barrett, the present nominee for Supreme Court justice.
It's Coney, but PLEASE do NOT rhyme it with 'honey', which will yield the Olde English slang for female genitalia.
by Monkey's Dad October 14, 2020
Get the Coneymug. 1) A technology rendered obsolete by Covid.
2) A quaint human interaction, from the time when people could see another person's face, know whom they were looking at, and respond with feeling.
2) A quaint human interaction, from the time when people could see another person's face, know whom they were looking at, and respond with feeling.
He saw a sort of female person standing in front of him. She had her ear pods in and was speaking to someone who was not there. She was wearing a mask, as required by law and by custom, large sunglasses and a hat. He saw a small patch of skin - her cheeks - and longing for that old feeling once termed facial recognition, he believed it might or might not be Sarah.
by Monkey's Dad December 30, 2020
Get the Facial Recognitionmug. A year in which every day feels the same as the day before, and the day before that, stuck in your own private Punxsutawney thanks to Covid.
March 2020 to March 2021 felt like Groundhog Year to many, their working, academic and social lives constrained, confined, out of reach, the old forward motion of days, weeks, months a diminishing dream.
by Monkey's Dad February 22, 2021
Get the Groundhog Yearmug.