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Quarantennials

The generation coming into their 20s in the coronaviral age. Leaving college with a stay-at-home diploma, the prospects for career and family will be different from those faced by any generation in memory.
"As one of the Quarantennials, my education promises almost nothing. There will be no work for me, or anyone, in my chosen field, no promise of income, no practical dreams of home and family. It's true for almost everyone I know."
by Monkey's Dad April 1, 2020
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deprestidigitation

Depression, when the magic goes out of digital life.
She had been enthralled with Facetime, Zoom, texts and emails, yet now was overwhelmed with deprestidigitation, yearning for a touch, a smile, eye-contact, the unfiltered sound of a loving voice.
by Monkey's Dad April 2, 2020
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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
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quorumtine

The minimum number of quarantined, work-from-home members that must be logged into an online video meeting to make the proceedings valid.
As the Zoom leader waited for the tenth member to sign in, unable to begin until the meeting had a quorumtine, she wondered whether they would ever see each other again in the real world.
by Monkey's Dad April 2, 2020
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For want of a nail

For want of a nail a horseshoe was lost,
For want of a horseshoe a horse went lame,
For want of a horse a rider never got through,
For want of a rider a message never arrived,
For want of a message an army was never sent,
For want of an army a battle was lost,
For want of a battle a war was lost,
For want of a war a kingdom fell,
And all for want of a nail.
by Monkey's Dad April 2, 2020
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Social-distance Drinker

Someone who only drinks alone.
For years he had only drunk in company, politely, and certainly had never taken a drink by himself, one of the warning signs of alcoholism, or so he had read. Now though... now it was different. Alone all day and night in his apartment, evening couldn't come fast enough as he looked forward to his first glass of wine, and his fourth, a social-distance drinker for the new era.
by Monkey's Dad April 3, 2020
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passive-regressive

A degree of passive-aggressive behavior which has the opposite of its intended effect, making the person appear childlike.
She always waited a few days to answer his texts, thinking that it would hurt him, when it only made her seem passive-regressive.
by Monkey's Dad April 3, 2020
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