unstrung hero

Someone whose usual leadership skills are unraveling in the face of the unknown.
She knew her kids looked up to her, yet suddenly faced with total loss of income, feeling her symptoms of coronavirus increasing by the hour, she feared she would become their unstrung hero.
by Monkey's Dad March 25, 2020
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Zoomophilia

Newly classified sexual kink, experiencing Zoom meetings as covert orgy.
Without knowing it, this was the turn-on he had waited for, his new Zoomophilia. Seeing only faces of his Zoommates, his imagination roamed freely, thinking of what might be going on out-of-frame.
by Monkey's Dad May 14, 2020
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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.
by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020
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Eros Insanitas

Eros and Thanatos. Life Force meets Death Wish.
Shedding their clothes and their inhibitions, people gathered in a celebration of Eros Insanitas, knowing that many would be infected, some would die.
by Monkey's Dad May 25, 2020
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Naybe

Nay, disguised as Maybe, used when you mean "absolutely not" and don't have the courage to say it.
I told him naybe when he asked me out. I don't want to hurt his feelings, but how much clearer can I make it?
by Monkey's Dad January 07, 2020
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artistic license

Any choice made in the production of anything the artist calls art.
"So I took a bit of artistic license, okay? It's called "Queen Kong Lear", about an apewoman who feels unloved by her sons. If Shakespeare were alive today he'd totally love it."
by Monkey's Dad March 10, 2020
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postcognitive

Knowledge which arrives after it might have. Seeing something clearly, once it has passed. Understanding everything just a bit too late.

The opposite of precognitive.
He knew the answer he should have given in the job interview, saw why Dianah had left him for the plumber, understood that the X-Ray Specs ad was probably bogus, and as always, his understanding was postcognitive.
by Monkey's Dad March 03, 2020
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