Monkey's Dad's definitions

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

2020 Social Climber

Someone who aspires to share dinner in a restaurant with another person, before the year is out.

He accepted that he was a 2020 Social Climber, longing to be invited to any party, where he would weave fanciful stories of having been anywhere, and rubbed elbows with anyone.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

underlying condition

A pre-existing medical issue that can increase a person's vulnerability to contracting coronavirus and/or dying from it.

Anything which renders someone less than optimally healthy, compromising their immunity.

Being human.

Just being alive felt like an underlying condition. Her asthma was an additional factor, she supposed, but each day she was getting news of yet another person coming down with corona. They were old, middle-aged, young, healthy or not.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

Peaceful day

A day without stress, fear, tension or worry, unknown in America since 2016, and let us wonder why.

She tried to remember her last truly peaceful day. They used to be common, but ever since... she hated to even say his name... took office, it had been an endless stream of crisis, turmoil, instability, and now this, the world seeming to collapse.

by Monkey's Dad March 30, 2020