Definitions by Monkey's Dad
verisimehlitude
The sculptor had worked very hard to do this. His sculpture was exactly life-sized, colored and textured to precisely replicate the thing it was imitating, and, standing in the gallery, it looked like a living, breathing security guard. Except that it was not breathing, nor was it living, nor did anyone recognize it as a work of art. Or feel anything about it. Or pay it any mind. An example of craft for craft's sake, it had achieved a state of verisimehlitude.
verisimehlitude by Monkey's Dad June 22, 2021
verisimehlitude
The sculptor had worked very hard to do this. His sculpture was exactly life-sized, colored and textured to precisely replicate the thing it was imitating, and, standing in the gallery, it looked like a living, breathing security guard. Except that it was not breathing, nor was it living, nor did anyone recognize it as a work of art. Or feel anything about it. Or pay it any mind. An example of craft for craft's sake, it had achieved a state of verisimehlitude.
verisimehlitude by Monkey's Dad June 22, 2021
proversation
The opposite of a conversation. A talk in which both parties are in complete and sustained agreement and all ideas move forward.
They seemed separated at birth, seeing the world through such similar eyes that neither needed to finish a sentence. As they talked, their ideas building one upon the next, enlarging the world and each others' thoughts, they could only term it a proversation.
proversation by Monkey's Dad June 18, 2021
adversation
A conversation between adversaries. And adversarial conversation. A fundamental and sustained disagreement.
The subject turned to the storming of the Capitol, the notion of fraudulent ballots cast by illegal Space Aliens, dead, liberal aliens at that, and to the Voting Rights Bill. It had begun as a conversation but swiftly became an adversation.
adversation by Monkey's Dad June 18, 2021
Savage Breast
The thing music has charms to soothe, not savage beast, as commonly misquoted, perhaps in an effort to derail the adolescent giggles of boys aged 7 to 70.
From The Mourning Bride, a poem by William Congreve, 1697:
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak."
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak."
Savage Breast by Monkey's Dad June 15, 2021
Gender Reveal
An unsolicited photo of a person's genitalia. The politically correct term for what was long known as "indecent exposure", borrowed from the whole baby-coming-out-party idiocy.
She was neither shocked nor offended by Jared's sending her a dick pic an hour after their first date, as if he was unsure whether he was actually a man. She was fairly certain he was, and was not in need of the gender reveal.
Gender Reveal by Monkey's Dad June 14, 2021
Mountain out of a Molehole
An inadvertent mis-rendering of the saying "making a mountain out of a molehill" - enlarging an issue beyond its merits or needs - which unintentionally and charmingly accentuates the disparity.
"So what? You lent me your car to go grocery shopping. For whatever, an hour, and I brought it back! It was not three weeks later! Sixteen days is much closer to two weeks. You are so totally making a mountain out of a molehole".
Mountain out of a Molehole by Monkey's Dad June 13, 2021