spreading like wildflower

An unintentional distortion of the phrase "spreading like wildfire", which, oddly, is both poetically evocative and accurate in its imagery.
Anne would often say, of a rumor, a fashion or a craze, "it's spreading like wildflower", and he was too impressed by its inner truth and charm to ever correct her.
by Monkey's Dad June 12, 2021
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Birkenstockbroker

Any former hippie who left Woodstock and headed for Wall Street.
Now retired to Napa, surveying his private-label vineyard from the pool-deck of his 20,000 square-foot 'villa', he strums his Martin - yes, it's the one on the cover of 'unplugged' - purchased for six figures from the Christies Clapton auction, a true Birkenstockbroker, a 60s radical who simply took a brief detour.
by Monkey's Dad October 14, 2023
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passive-regressive

A degree of passive-aggressive behavior which has the opposite of its intended effect, making the person appear childlike.
She always waited a few days to answer his texts, thinking that it would hurt him, when it only made her seem passive-regressive.
by Monkey's Dad April 03, 2020
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hindred spirits

Two people, each feeling the other as a soulmate, neither able to see how they hold each other back.
Tom had stopped playing the guitar, Susie had dropped out of school, so happy to have found each other that they wanted nothing more than to be together, and all their friends could see they were hindred spirits.
by Monkey's Dad March 03, 2020
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gregarious loner

Someone who so loves other people that she strictly avoids them, to protect everyone.
Looking down from her solitary balcony at the empty street, she thought warmly of her many friends, and those she hoped someday to meet, glad that they were nowhere near her, happy for the moment to be the gregarious loner.
by Monkey's Dad April 10, 2020
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positive

She was thrown into a state of despair, learning that she had tested positive.
by Monkey's Dad May 11, 2020
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ironyclad

Protected from sincerity or deeply-felt emotion by an ironic attitude.
Ironyclad as always, her eulogy for her mother began, "You all know mom? She sends her regrets at being unable to attend today's festivities", but the mourners all understood it was her defense against grief.
by Monkey's Dad March 12, 2020
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