Monkey's Dad's definitions

criminally negligent humor

Slipped into conversation like a stiletto between the ribs, an unintended yet nearly lethal joke.

She looked innocent, her blue eyes wide, and he never saw it coming, another taste of her criminally negligent humor. Sliding from the bed and falling to the floor, he begged, "Don't make me laugh! Please!" It was too late.

by Monkey's Dad March 26, 2023

Msogynist

A polite and politically correct Misogynist.

Never crude or disrespectful to the fair sex, he introduced himself to women as a Msogynist.

by Monkey's Dad August 29, 2021

#MehToo

#MeToo fatigue, the result of elastic boundaries applied in accusations of inappropriate conduct.

She struggled to understand how Andrew Cuomo was being classed alongside R. Kelly and Harvey Weinstein. When old grab-em-by-the-pussy-Trump had been given a pass, for God's sake??!! She wondered whether she and her friends had arrived at their #MehToo moment.

by Monkey's Dad March 2, 2021

Coughkaesque

An unsettling, nightmare story of existence in the coronaviral age, redolent of Franz Kafka.

Empty streets, silent cities, people under legal edict to avoid others, with no sound more ominous than a simple cough, the world swiftly felt Coughkaesque.

by Monkey's Dad April 2, 2020

Vanishing point

In conversational perspective - the mortifying moment when, having begun to speak, you cannot remember what you wanted so desperately to convey.

He pounded the conference table for emphasis, and stopped... suddenly realizing he was lost, searching wildly but unable to come up with what, an instant ago, seemed so clear... but, uh... was now his vanishing point.

by Monkey's Dad February 27, 2020

grandstand up

To rise to your feet with a flourish, in such a way that no one can fail to notice you.

With much on his mind, and so much noise in the room, he knew it was time to grandstand up and be heard.

by Monkey's Dad March 13, 2020

error message

From the minor to the global, a warning that something is not right.

She began to interpret the pandemic as a massive error message, a sign to humanity that it had lost its way, and would now be forced to re-order and reconsider.

by Monkey's Dad April 16, 2020