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Isolationship

Long- or short-distance relationship between two people kept apart due to shelter-in-place constraints.

Their hot and heavy isolationship was getting weird, the limits of cyber romance coming clear. She lived three blocks away from him, they hadn't been able to see the other for two weeks, each of them trapped in their apartments.

by Monkey's Dad April 9, 2020

50πŸ‘ 8πŸ‘Ž


I'm Your Tuna Fish Sandwich

From the blues classic - slang for sexual availability.

"Free tonight?"
"I'm your tuna fish sandwich."

"I'm your tuna fish sandwich, spoon me on your bread.
I'm your tuna sandwich baby, best to eat in bed."

by Monkey's Dad February 20, 2023

91πŸ‘ 1πŸ‘Ž


pompossified

A state in which a person is so pompous they become irreversibly rigid.

Stepping out of her limo with her nose in the air and her mink wrapped tightly around her shoulders, she looked thoroughly pompossified.

by Monkey's Dad March 1, 2020


Virussian Roulette

Flirting with death by going shopping during coronaviral stay-at-home orders.

There was a strong chance of catching the virus, going out was playing Virussian Roulette, but she had stopped caring.

by Monkey's Dad April 13, 2020

2πŸ‘ 1πŸ‘Ž


p-Phone

The Pavlov smartphone. It pings, buzzes, vibrates or rings and you JUMP! to respond.

Named for Ivan Pavlov, a Nobel-winning Russian physiologist famous for his work in classical conditioning.

To his eternal astonishment, she was incapable of ignoring her p-Phone, no matter the circumstance.

by Monkey's Dad October 14, 2020


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

1πŸ‘ 1πŸ‘Ž


parallel bars

Widely-separated, empty locations where people drink alone and share the experience with others over the Internet.

"Come here often?" he said into his phone. "Oh, I'm here all the time", she answered. On his small screen she looked like she was enjoying her Margarita, he told her how great his straight Jack Daniels felt going down, miles apart, each locked in their parallel bars, sharing Happy Hour.

by Monkey's Dad April 3, 2020

4πŸ‘ 2πŸ‘Ž