Definitions by Monkey's Dad

stay-at-home kid 

Every American child in the coronaviral moment.

With his stay-at-home Mom and his stay-at-home Dad, he was now a stay-at-home kid. Watching cartoons and playing video games, he was unsure as to why they both seemed so anxious. That was only for a while. Wasn't it?

stay-at-home kid by Monkey's Dad March 17, 2020

computative 

Apparently true because the computer says it is.

His online identity was entirely fabricated, yet irrefutably computative.

computative by Monkey's Dad March 17, 2020

ridical 

Radical to a ridiculous degree.

Even some young pie-in-the-sky supporters were feeling Bernie's ideas a bit too ridical for mainstream politics.

ridical by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020

isolution 

Extreme segregation and distancing between people, as a means of fighting an uncontrolled epidemic.

Forced to work from home, shut in his tiny apartment all day, forbidden to go out at night, the isolution felt crippling.

isolution by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020

24-hour curfew 

A city in lockdown.

Day and night, for weeks, the streets had been empty, businesses, schools, restaurants closed, no one allowed to step from their front doors, everyone forced to obey the 24-hour curfew.

24-hour curfew by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020

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.

discrushionary income by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020

upward nobility 

Rising in social status by virtue of one's grace and generosity of spirit, inherent qualities having nothing to do with money, fame or possession.

With the re-ordering of social values resulting from the epidemic and the market crash, he increasingly found himself invited to the best parties, asked to speak in a spectrum of venues, and was quietly made aware of his upward nobility.

upward nobility by Monkey's Dad March 16, 2020