Definitions by Monkey's Dad

beneficial side effect 

Faced with the global COVID-19 pandemic, hostilities between nations seem to have vanished.

We are all in it together, all human and vulnerable to the same degree. If there can be a beneficial side effect to a devastating pandemic, it may be this awareness.

beneficial side effect by Monkey's Dad April 7, 2020

The Halls of Epidemia 

Classes on Zoom.

Higher education from home.

As she logged in to her Tuesday morning creative writing seminar, she looked around at the Halls of Epidemia, which looked almost exactly like her bedroom.

The Halls of Epidemia by Monkey's Dad April 6, 2020

Cabin Footprint 

The amount of carbon dioxide - essentially zero - emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a person in the grip of Cabin Fever, staying at home during the pandemic.

She wasn't flying. She wasn't driving. She wasn't even walking, except to pace her apartment in a state of cabin fever. She figured she could at least be proud of her tiny cabin footprint.

Cabin Footprint by Monkey's Dad April 6, 2020

Repodemic 

A pandemic, threatening to repossess the life and the world we thought we owned, because we didn't honor our end of the bargain.

So much that they had loved was gone, swiftly taken back in a massive repodemic.

Repodemic by Monkey's Dad April 6, 2020

toll 

A cost in lives.

Damage resulting from an event or practice.

Charge for a service or permission.

The sound of a bell rung at a steady interval.

The tolls from coronavirus will be great, many and enduring, and the bells will toll for the dead.

toll by Monkey's Dad April 5, 2020

Handwashing vs Brainwashing 

Two modes of processing intelligence concerning COVID-19.

She was tuned to CNN, he to Fox News. She believed you could not be too careful. He believed it was a liberal hoax. Their tiny apartment had become a Handwashing vs Brainwashing battlefield.

Handwashing vs Brainwashing by Monkey's Dad April 5, 2020

brashionale 

An arrogant and thoughtless excuse for taking risks during coronaviral stay-at-home isolation orders.

"I figured what the hell, there's nobody out, and the liquor store wouldn't be deemed an 'essential service' if they didn't want you to go there", he coughed, his brashionale hard to understand through his labored breathing.

brashionale by Monkey's Dad April 5, 2020