Monkey's Dad's definitions

The New New York

An almost unrecognizable city, silent and still, filled with people yet seemingly abandoned.

From her balcony she looked down at the bizarrely empty streets of the New New York.

by Monkey's Dad March 28, 2020

retrotisserie

During a time of austerity and scarcity, the fond recalling of foods you once loved.

Having eaten meagerly for weeks, he tried to conjure the smell of retrotisserie, shared meals from the recent past, now a comforting and beautiful dream.

by Monkey's Dad March 28, 2020

Quaranteenager

A person coming of age in the coronaviral age, home-schooled, missing out on dating, beer, pot and every other rite of social passage.

Watching "Clueless", "Ladybird" and "Booksmart" while in lockdown, she yearned to experience the geeky teen years which were her birthright and hated-hated-hated being a dorky quaranteenager.

by Monkey's Dad March 28, 2020

Tokyo Hilton

A mythical place of serenity, unimaginable to most, where a woman's cares vanish.

She knew that others were suffering, but for the moment, her pillows fluffed, her coffee done exactly the way she loved it and brought to her bedside, she felt she was at the Tokyo Hilton, and the world was at peace.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

Covoid

The emptiness in a life, a city, a country, caused by the Covid virus.

So much that had filled their lives was gone for the moment, leaving an enormous Covoid.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

Icon tact

The care a sports hero or movie star takes to maintain eye-contact and appear humble when expounding on something they know nothing about.

Asked his opinion on the impact of coronavirus on climate change, and also how it felt to see his new action flick streamed instead of released, he looked directly at the host, maintaining icon tact, and began cautiously to espouse his scientific theories.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

Gigabug

A multiple of units of coronaviral infection.

Watching the growth of COVID-19 move exponentially, with nothing on the horizon to reverse the trend, the doctor feared that infections would soon be measured by the gigabug.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020