Monkey's Dad's definitions
A strangely-nonexistent German word meaning "Taking pleasure in another person's success", the theoretical opposite of 'schadenfreude' - a word which has long existed in German and has migrated into English, meaning "Taking pleasure in another person's misery and suffering ".
Hearing that his colleague had won the Nobel, Schmidt was overcome with erfolgfreude and immediately called to offer his profound and heartfelt admiration.
by Monkey's Dad February 28, 2020
Get the Erfolgfreudemug. She was terrified of Covid, afraid she'd suffocate wearing a mask, quaking over what effects the vaccine could have, phobic about getting close to anyone and mortified that she was being scarred-for-life by the emotional deprivations of social distancing. Dr. Kafween had termed her a Free Range Chicken, and now she was apprehensive about her next session, reasonably fearful of getting billed for a missed appointment with her analyst, who, she was afraid to admit, was rarely wrong.
by Monkey's Dad December 10, 2020
Get the free range chickenmug. A pandemic, threatening to repossess the life and the world we thought we owned, because we didn't honor our end of the bargain.
by Monkey's Dad April 6, 2020
Get the Repodemicmug. After four crazy years, during which so much happened that she knew she'd later be ashamed of, she was ready. "21" was shiny with promise, and turning 21 in '21, she and the country were eager to put it behind them.
by Monkey's Dad December 24, 2020
Get the turning 21mug. 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
Get the social duhstancingmug. 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.
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 2, 2020
Get the PhD from LIUmug. 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
Get the discrushionary incomemug.