Faust or Famine

A deal with the Devil, made by many Americans feeling deprived of their 'freedom', to mingle in public in the midst of a pandemic.
She'd been starved for fun, locked up at home. Knowing it was weighing Faust or Famine, she was going to the beach.
by Monkey's Dad May 26, 2020
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retroscopic

Events or moments from a seemingly-remote past, almost beyond the reach of memory.
He tried to explain to his four-year-old, but the images felt retroscopic - the world healthy and sane, no one afraid to leave their homes, Obama in the White House.
by Monkey's Dad March 15, 2020
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Remembership Drive

The futile urge to recall the "toll-free" number - is there another kind anymore? - which the announcers manning the membership drive on Public Radio have repeated several dozen times in the past few seconds and which, as a result, refuses to be recalled.
Let's see... 888... something something... why do I have such low remembership drive for that number, even though it is toll-free?
by Monkey's Dad September 11, 2019
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femoji

An emoji used primarily or exclusively by women or girls, ie; any emoji.
She ends every sentence, sometimes every phrase, with, like, a femoji.
by Monkey's Dad April 18, 2020
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meat loafers

What a devout vegan sees when she spots your leather shoes.
She had fallen for his whole 'I'm so kind to animals' thing. On their first date, happily sharing Impossible Burgers with him, she dropped her fork. At floor level, she saw his feet. "Hypocrite!" she screamed. Are those vegan leather? No! You are wearing meat loafers!" She grabbed her phone, unfriended him, and stalked off. Needing some comfort food, he signaled the waiter for a bacon cheeseburger.
by Monkey's Dad March 06, 2020
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Maskochism

Deriving gratification, sexual or otherwise, from flirting with death by refusing to wear a mask in public, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Knowing he might get infected, he strode barefaced into the crowd, enjoying his maskochism.
by Monkey's Dad June 11, 2020
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been there, done naught

A self-aware admission that your life's journey has been hollow.
He pretended to anyone who would still listen that he had experienced and accomplished nearly everything, but in the silence and darkness, he looked back on the days and years and knew that he had been there, done naught.
by Monkey's Dad June 24, 2020
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