Definitions by Solid Mantis

Play 

A live show that isn't behind a screen.

I tried to make your play Mary Jane, somebody has got to something about that obnoxious usher.

Play by Solid Mantis February 24, 2021

Machiavellian reopening 

A reopening that makes people feel a sense of morale boost, like they are the ones benefitting from stores, businesses, and restaurants not being shut down anymore. Somebody starts a petition and all of a sudden everything is open again, yet nobody is questioning whether the one who started the petition might have had something to do with everything shutting down in the first place.

The girl was the one to start the petition that reopened everything. That is a lot of power for one person to have. Wouldn't it take the same kind of power to have everything shut down as well? It seems more like a Machiavellian reopening than a true morale boost.

Machiavellian reopening by Solid Mantis February 24, 2021

Stupid 

Being in a spot you don't live or work at for hours and hours of your day.

The kid is getting more and more stupid every second he spends in that spot. Something must come next at some point.

Stupid by Solid Mantis February 24, 2021

Stupid 

Being in in the same spot hours and hours of your day.

This kid is getting more and more stupid with every second that passes. Once he starts on doing what comes next, his brain cells will start charging again, but there hasn't been any sign of anything coming next for hours now.

Stupid by Solid Mantis February 24, 2021

Puzzle 

Something you piece together.

Leroy ended up like a jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces missing after her husband Jigsaw finished his game, and Leroy lost.

Puzzle by Solid Mantis February 24, 2021

Gentle giant 

There are a few descriptions of gentle giants in different literature and movies. Of Mice and Men describes Lenny as a guy who is not a giant, but a large man with the mind of a child, though John Malkovich, the actor who portrays him in the movie, is not a remarkably large guy.

The 7 foot tall guard accused of groping the girl at the gate in the book was usually described as a gentle giant who was impotent, though he became hostile when ordered to do so by his boss.

Gentle giant by Solid Mantis February 24, 2021

Instigator 

Trying to force someone to leave or kick them out of somewhere for no reason isn't compassion or tough love, it's not any kind of love, it's being an instigator.

The instigator's babysitter didn't leave him/her with anything to do that day, so he/she went around trying to kick people out or run them off from different places for no good reason, because it made him/her feel tougher.

Instigator by Solid Mantis February 23, 2021