Isolationship

Long- or short-distance relationship between two people kept apart due to shelter-in-place constraints.
Their hot and heavy isolationship was getting weird, the limits of cyber romance coming clear. She lived three blocks away from him, they hadn't been able to see the other for two weeks, each of them trapped in their apartments.
by Monkey's Dad April 09, 2020
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Vanishing point

In conversational perspective - the mortifying moment when, having begun to speak, you cannot remember what you wanted so desperately to convey.
He pounded the conference table for emphasis, and stopped... suddenly realizing he was lost, searching wildly but unable to come up with what, an instant ago, seemed so clear... but, uh... was now his vanishing point.
by Monkey's Dad February 27, 2020
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error message

From the minor to the global, a warning that something is not right.
She began to interpret the pandemic as a massive error message, a sign to humanity that it had lost its way, and would now be forced to re-order and reconsider.
by Monkey's Dad April 16, 2020
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grandstand up

To rise to your feet with a flourish, in such a way that no one can fail to notice you.
With much on his mind, and so much noise in the room, he knew it was time to grandstand up and be heard.
by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020
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discrushionary income

When the amount of money you can spend any way you want is crushingly little.
Another week without a paycheck, his free-spending days a fond memory, he counted his discrushionary income in the roundest of numbers.
by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020
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social duhstancing

Pandemic precautions so obvious that they should not have to be explained.
Don't stand in the midst of a crowded bar, don't hug and kiss strangers, don't take selfies with friends... because it could kill you. Yes, really. Lots of people already know this. It's called social duhstancing.
by Monkey's Dad June 18, 2020
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PhD from LIU

A Phone Degree from Look It Up.

An education gained not in school but through addiction to the smartphone. The reflex to Look It Up, in the face of any unknown fact, is the giveaway of a 21st century autodidact.
The professor seems to have her doctorate and then some, but watch closely for three minutes and you'll see's got a PhD from LIU.
by Monkey's Dad March 02, 2020
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