PRwiz101's definitions

kindle

To read a book or a newspaper on a Kindle e-reading device

"I'm kindling now, call you back in ten minutes."

"I'm kindling the newspaper now, can't chat, will return call in one hour."

"Do you enjoy kindling with your Kindle?" "Yes, I do enjoy kindling."

"Hey, I've been kindled. My lates t book was packaged by Kindle as a Kindle book. It feels kind of good to be kindled."

"My book was out of print for a long time, but a new publisher reprinted it and put it on the Kindle menu and you could say my book has been rekindled. I love it!"

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by PRwiz101 March 4, 2009

masturaption

(n.) - Masturbation based on imagined scenes of rape

"Masturbation is one thing, but you know, some pervs go overboard and get into this masturaption mindset and I don't like it at all."

overheard at a water cooler in Miami, Florida, January 6, 2011

by PRwiz101 February 19, 2011

conveeni

A convenience store.

"I live right near a nice conveeni, and I get all my daily necessities, there, including beer!"

-- overhead at a coffee shop in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009

brainbow

(n.) - a brilliant idea that soars "over the rainbow" during a group brainstorming session

"Bob, your idea is so good, I want to call it a brainbow! It really soars above the rest, and it's a keeper. Brilliant!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on January 9, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 16, 2010

counterpropaganda

(n.) - Professional and amateur news operations in print or online to identify misleading government lies or corporate product propaganda in order to raise public awareness of truthiness in the general population.

"Look, the only way we're going to turn this society into a better and more informed one is to push our counterpropaganda on the media just as hard as the forces of public manipulation do."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2011

by PRwiz101 April 20, 2011

evicted

(n.) -- The exclamation one makes when a cockroach is successfully zapped by an electric zapper

''Look, I finally zapped him for good. Evicted!''

overheard in an office kitchenette in Taipei, November 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 November 26, 2010

trollumist

(n.) -- A writer or blogger who "trolls" in a multichannel, multimedia environment, trying to bait readers into a reaction that editors want to generate.

"You know, a true newspaper columnist might make controversial arguments or challenge common sense, but a trollumist merely provokes outrage in order to sell papers, draw links and capture increasingly scarce reader attention. I'm sick of them!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Sydney, Australia, November 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009