(n.) -- the inner confidence of a Jewish person to persevere against all odds and come out with a successful outcome, no matter what the endeavor is, big or small.
"Oh, I know the odds are against me, but I really want to try my hand at writing a novel, and I'm hoping my Jewmentum will carry me through to the end. It's a dream I have had since high school, to be a novelist!"
by PRwiz101 February 09, 2012
(n.) - Print newspapers that have folded and are now defunct, such as the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"The list of now-defunct failpapers is getting longer and longer, and I worry how many daily newspapers will survive in the future."
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles
by PRwiz101 November 06, 2010
v. To fail to stop at a red light at night in Taiwan, even though the red light does signify "stop".
by PRwiz101 April 08, 2009
"Newspapers are so yesterday, and they are destined to go the way of the dodo. The newspipe will replace the newspaper, and life will go on with no loss of life or limb, just a few adjustments here and there. I believe the future lies in newspipes, the lovely variety of them all!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in the New York Times building on March 27, 2010
-- overheard at a watercooler in the New York Times building on March 27, 2010
by PRwiz101 April 10, 2010
(n.) -- Publicly-voiced attitudes toward Islam and Moslems worldwide, often irrational and prejudiced.
"There is so much antislamitism today, what with the Ground Zero mosque controversy and other issues. It's not fair to judge an entire people just because of a few isolated
incidents or radical fanatics."
-- overheard at a water cooler in a lower Manhattan office on September 1, 2010
incidents or radical fanatics."
-- overheard at a water cooler in a lower Manhattan office on September 1, 2010
by PRwiz101 September 09, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 02, 2009
(v). -- to be the victim of someone using their cellphone camera to take video of you in a public setting where you
do something unbecoming and then see the video released online and go viral, without your permission or consent
do something unbecoming and then see the video released online and go viral, without your permission or consent
"I am so upset. Last weekend, some people in the park vidnapped me when I was having an angry meltdown over
some issue and they released the video online and it went viral. I am so embarrassed!"
some issue and they released the video online and it went viral. I am so embarrassed!"
by PRwiz101 January 06, 2014