Pax Corona (Latin for “Crown Peace”) describes the peace that the natural world experienced during the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic, as the global slowdown in mancer activity—due to lockdowns and quarantines—has given Mother Nature some time to take a much-needed breath of fresh air.
Between travel restrictions, reductions in public transport and overall economic activity that generates emissions—such as coal burning, refining oil, producing steel, air travel, ground transportation—the climate is getting the kind of rest from destructive mancer activity it hasn’t gotten since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The lockdown in China (the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases), for example, has cut the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 100 million metric tons in just two weeks.
Pax Corona is adapted from the term “Pax Romana” (Latin for "Roman Peace"), the roughly 222-year-long period in Roman history which is identified with increased and sustained inner hegemonial peace and stability (though not meaning without wars, expansion and revolts).
Between travel restrictions, reductions in public transport and overall economic activity that generates emissions—such as coal burning, refining oil, producing steel, air travel, ground transportation—the climate is getting the kind of rest from destructive mancer activity it hasn’t gotten since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The lockdown in China (the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases), for example, has cut the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 100 million metric tons in just two weeks.
Pax Corona is adapted from the term “Pax Romana” (Latin for "Roman Peace"), the roughly 222-year-long period in Roman history which is identified with increased and sustained inner hegemonial peace and stability (though not meaning without wars, expansion and revolts).
While the coronavirus pandemic has caused death and chaos across the
mancer civilization, Mother Nature and non-human species are happily experiencing a Pax Corona.
mancer civilization, Mother Nature and non-human species are happily experiencing a Pax Corona.
by Samson Jargonistes March 22, 2020
Mancer is a portmanteau of the words "man" and "cancer" used to describe the negative impact of mankind, particularly on the planetary environment. According to Gaia theory, first formulated by scientist John Lovelock, the Earth is a superorganism. Under this hypothesis, since Homo sapiens is the only species in the history of life on Earth to have negatively impacted the planet's ecosystems and non-human species, humans can be seen as a "cancer" of Gaia.
Due to numerous human-caused planetary crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and deforestation, among others, Earth can diagnosed as suffering from "mancer."
by Samson Jargonistes January 27, 2020
When the repetitive sound of a mechanical machine unintentionally, randomly matches the beat or rhythm of a song that happens to be playing at the same time.
When I visited a letterpress shop, an old Heidelberg letterpress was cranking away and happened to create a mechanomusicosync with the music playing on the shop’s stereo system, and everyone started to dance.
by Samson Jargonistes March 17, 2023
Michael went through a moment of manlightenment when his wife Helen explained why it was important for him to put the toilet seat down.
by Samson Jargonistes February 13, 2024
noun
: a state of feeling sad about the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
: a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad and hopeless due to the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
Etymology: "Trumpression" is a portmanteau of "Trump" and "depression."
: a state of feeling sad about the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
: a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad and hopeless due to the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
Etymology: "Trumpression" is a portmanteau of "Trump" and "depression."
"Since the student body, faculty and staff were all suffering from deep trumpression, there was little desire to mount the this year's school musical, 'Oklahoma!'"
"The trumpression that is sweeping across half of America will cause a boom time for psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, psychoanalysts, therapists and clinical social workers.."
"Fred and Wilma spent nearly every night at the local bar, their brains awash in a gin-addled haze, trying in vain to wash away their debilitating trumpression."
"The trumpression that is sweeping across half of America will cause a boom time for psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, psychoanalysts, therapists and clinical social workers.."
"Fred and Wilma spent nearly every night at the local bar, their brains awash in a gin-addled haze, trying in vain to wash away their debilitating trumpression."
by Samson Jargonistes November 10, 2016
verb
: feeling sad about the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
: having a serious medical condition that causes a person to feel very sad and hopeless due to the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
Etymology: "Trumpressed" is a portmanteau of "Trump" and "depressed."
: feeling sad about the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
: having a serious medical condition that causes a person to feel very sad and hopeless due to the fact that Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
Etymology: "Trumpressed" is a portmanteau of "Trump" and "depressed."
"Barbara decided to skip her birthday party this year since she was feeling way too trumpressed."
"Have you spoken to Larry lately? I'm worried about him; he seems clinically trumpressed."
"If you're feeling trumpressed, take a deep breath and say to yourself, 'This, too, shall pass.'"
"Have you spoken to Larry lately? I'm worried about him; he seems clinically trumpressed."
"If you're feeling trumpressed, take a deep breath and say to yourself, 'This, too, shall pass.'"
by Samson Jargonistes November 10, 2016
tl/tt stands for "too late / too tired," used as an explanation of why one is going, or staying at, home.
by Samson Jargonistes December 20, 2019