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

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?

by Monkey's Dad March 17, 2020

simcognition

A form of knowledge occurring independently of temporal position; a simultemporal incident of cognition, on par with recognition and precognition. It is an experience reported by many people as feeling instantaneous.

She knew him the instant she saw him. The flash of connection was identical to the sensation of encountering someone she had known for years, complete in its essence, lacking only detail. It was not without substance or meaning, carrying its own truth. She came to think of it as simcognition, knowledge upon first sight.

by Monkey's Dad April 11, 2021

like a deer in the headlines

The facial expression we have come to know - panic-stricken, wide-eyed and immobilized, not knowing which way to run, realizing that your crimes, sins and errors of judgement are suddenly America's number one topic.

The movie mogul had figured no one would ever talk, and if they did, who would believe them, yet here he stood, cameras on him from all sides, barraged by shouting reporters, like a deer in the headlines.

by Monkey's Dad February 27, 2020

Viral Darwinism

Natural selection as observed by Charles Darwin; the survival of those who can comprehend the nature of a virus.

'The "protesters" are proudly hastening their own extinction', she thought, as they chanted the name of their ignorant leader. 'Many of them will die in a fog of pure Viral Darwinism.'

by Monkey's Dad April 22, 2020

Prozacco

Prozac with bubbles. Sparkling white wine with miraculous antidepressant properties.

She turned off the news, opened a bottle of Prozacco and felt her spirits effervesce.

by Monkey's Dad March 22, 2020

French Astronaut

Codeword for a fussy eater.

Named for Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, whose meals in the International Space Station will include lobster, beef bourguignon, cod with black rice and almond tarts with caramelized pears.

"We've got a French Astronaut at Table Seven. Prepare to have everything sent back."

by Monkey's Dad April 25, 2021