Monkey's Dad's definitions

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

roc

rate of change. The speed at which change occurs.

Reeling from the unprecedented roc. And you?

by Monkey's Dad March 19, 2020

through the cracks

Some fall through the cracks, others peek through.

Falling through the cracks, many Americans took to the streets in massive protest of racial injustice and police brutality. Peeking through the cracks, many Americans watched in fear as the streets were filled with anger and pain they could hardly comprehend.

by Monkey's Dad June 3, 2020

Call me!

"Call me" means "call me". It does not mean anything else. When spoken by a woman to a man it does not, for example, mean; "I want to go out with you". It does not, as the man often thinks, mean; "I find you devastatingly attractive". Once he calls, he has done exactly what she told him to do. She has gotten acknowledgement that he finds her desirable, which is what she wanted. When she does not take his call, and does not call him back, he thinks... "But... she told me to call her". He is 100% correct.

Here's my mobile. Here's my email. Here's my work number. Call me!

by Monkey's Dad February 18, 2020

falling on blind eyes

Something which is in front of us, yet cannot or will not be seen.

The visual equivalent of 'falling on deaf ears'.

Inside the White House, the numbers kept falling on blind eyes, unable to see that infection rates were exploding, that their candidate was massively behind in the polls, that across the country, people were on the march and would not back down.

by Monkey's Dad June 24, 2020

Lebowsker

You've seen him; the guy who unknowingly manifests the style and philosophy of The Dude, played by Jeff Bridges in the Coen brothers' 1998 film, "The Big Lebowski".

"Check out the Lebowsker."
"Wayfarers, bowling shirt, several years late for work?"
"Certain things have come to light, man."
"

by Monkey's Dad July 29, 2023

slim-dunk

Putting a brave face on a move with only a slight chance of succeeding.

At this moment, getting the job was a slim-dunk, but maybe self-confidence would help.

by Monkey's Dad March 24, 2020