Definitions by Monkey's Dad
gregarious loner
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.
gregarious loner by Monkey's Dad April 10, 2020
party of one
"Jack, party of one, your table is ready," Jack said quietly, as he sat down in his kitchen, prepared to enjoy his own company, and his justly famous mac'n'cheese.
party of one by Monkey's Dad April 10, 2020
slognosis
The doctor's truthful slognosis was hard to hear: His covid symptoms would get worse before they got better, and recovery would be slow, if it happened at all.
slognosis by Monkey's Dad April 9, 2020
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.
Isolationship by Monkey's Dad April 9, 2020
significan't other
Your partner in an isolationship. The lover you are prevented from being with, due to stay-at-home orders during the coronaviral lockdown
She longed for his embrace, but for now he was her significan't other, their desire for each other intensified because of enforced solitude.
significan't other by Monkey's Dad April 9, 2020
snake preview
A dishonest, untrustworthy person's first, seemingly innocuous gesture that should have tipped you off as to their character.
It was many years later, after he had left her for her best friend, that she realized - his stiffing the waiter on their first date was a snake preview.
snake preview by Monkey's Dad April 9, 2020