115 definitions by PRwiz101
(v.) -- to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder at someone from another generation for doing or saying something completely surprising or incomprehensible due to the generation gap.
"Whenever I say something old-fashioned to my teenage sons, they just look at me in a totally befuddled way and then generation gape at me in wide-eyed wonder. 'Oh Dad, please!' is what they are thinking, I'm sure!"
by PRwiz101 February 8, 2012
"I love Emma, she's got an honor box that I can't get enough of! But I am worried about her flirtations outside of our deal, so I just hope that the other guys out there honor our relationship and don't intrude."
-- overheard at a bar in Manhattan, March 23, 2010
-- overheard at a bar in Manhattan, March 23, 2010
by PRwiz101 April 17, 2010
(n.) - Email letters and messages that arrive in your inbox overnight while you are sleeping, often from people in different time zones around the world
"Every morning I check my night-mail to see if anything urgent arrived from overseas. With all these time zones worldwide, you never know who is going to email you and when!"
-- overheard at a watercooler at the UN building in Manhattan
-- overheard at a watercooler at the UN building in Manhattan
by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009
(n.) -- the sighing sound one hears on both sides of the generation gap when one side says something the other side just doesn't quite agree with
"You know, every time I talk to my dad, he says a few things that just bother the heck out of me, and I know it's just the generation gap rearing its proverbial head again. It happens so often now, but of course always in a friendly way between younger daughter and older father, that it's more like a generation gasp these days, than a generation gap!"
by PRwiz101 January 29, 2012
A person who is neither a scientist nor a science fiction writer, but writes and blogs about possible sci-fi scenarios for the future.
Although polar cities do not exist yet, there's a blogger who envisions them as safe refuges for survivors of global warming in the far distant future, and he calls himself a scifientist.
by PRwiz101 May 4, 2008
(n.) - A period of time when you do not open your email inbox due to travel, moving to a new home, or week-long bedrest due to flu or other health problems.
"Wow, I was out of town for so long, travelling on business, that I just didn't have time to pay attention to the email gap in my inbox."
-- Overheard at an office watercooler in Boston, November 7, 2010
-- Overheard at an office watercooler in Boston, November 7, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 13, 2010
"It's almost Christmas and as much as I love the holidays, I also hate them because the hellatives will be here for a week or so."
by PRwiz101 October 27, 2011