a mental disorder characterized by a severe obsession with non-specific body part(s) repeated: stroking, examining, displaying to others, stretching, rubbing, caressing and a frequent request for others to examine the selected part for flaws.
"Pip has a severe case of mongroves, he has rubbed all the fur off his calf"
"the patient was observed repeatingly pulling
on his loose facial skin"
"He is continually showing me his non-exsistant abs, asking if they look phenominal. I am positive he has mongroves.
A combination of the words monotone and drone on, monodrone describes a way of telling a story that threatens to put the listener to sleep or encourages her to attempt strangulation of the speaker. A story told in monodrone has no narrative arc, no punchline, no interesting tidbit details, and seemingly no end - it is simply incessant noise. Monodrone can also be used to describe the speaking style of some lecturers - no amount of caffeine is sufficient to keep the student alert and attentive.
His story had no narrative arc, no punchline, no interesting tidbit details, and seemingly no end - completely monodrone. He went on and on... and on, and still nothing happened. He didn't make me laugh, didn't make me think. His incessant noise was just interminable and I started fantasizing about jumping across the table to strangle him. But I feel bad, because he is actually a really nice person.
An improvement, action or purchase that does not seem to make sense from an economic point of view, but satisfies the inner monk in order to achieve the optimum in a sub-area
A monkprovement is using a $20 smart plug to turn off low-wattage devices, earning yearly savings of less than $2
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"