Monkey's Dad's definitions

slognosis

The forecast that the course of a disease will be uphill and stretch over a long time.

The doctor's truthful slognosis was hard to hear: His covid symptoms would get worse before they got better, and recovery would be slow, if it happened at all.

by Monkey's Dad April 9, 2020

in warm blood

A crime committed, not from passion exactly, yet with some slight degree of feeling.

She was said to have murdered him in warm blood, not that she really cared whether he was sleeping with her best friend, but it irritated her to learn about it on Facebook.

by Monkey's Dad March 7, 2020

Hickipedia

A whole damn buncha fancy stuff y'all kin lookit ta show ya got booklernin', 'fore ya git ta votin' twahce, lahk the great man tol' ya to.

The president himself had said it, 'vote twice'. Not sure what that meant exactly, or how to go about it, Verlene decided to look it up on Hickipedia.

by Monkey's Dad September 5, 2020

innocential worker

An innocent and essential employee, placed at serious risk of viral infection in their workplace.

Customers refused to wear masks, citing their 'freedom', unconcerned with the lives of the innocential workers who had no choice but to serve them.

by Monkey's Dad May 13, 2020

Darnella Frazier

Ms. Frazier is the courageous young woman whose eyewitness video of the George Floyd killing by former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, became a crucial artifact of American history.

Only 17 at the time, Darnella Frazier is to the Floyd killing what Abraham Zapruder was to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, an accidental bystander with a camera, a vital witness to a pivotal moment. Ms. Frazier's video of the arrest, which recorded Floyd's plea - I can't breathe - as Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than 9 minutes, sparked protests across the country. A witness at Chauvin's murder trial, Ms. Frazier expressed regret for not physically confronting Mr. Chauvin. “It’s been nights I stayed up apologizing and apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life,” Ms. Frazier said.

by Monkey's Dad April 1, 2021

Surf City, here we come

Theme song shared by Huntington Beach protestors and viruses alike.

As thousands of Californians stormed the beach to protest stay-at-home orders, the Coronavirus joined them in singing "Surf City, here we come!

by Monkey's Dad May 2, 2020

barborian

A professional haircutter who won't stop chattering about dull trivia.

He sat in the chair, prepared for the barborian to give him a trim and a temporary lobotomy. He did not care who Justin Bieber was dating, what next week's weather was supposed to be, or who might have a shot at the playoffs.

by Monkey's Dad March 12, 2020