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(c.) -- The increasing number of keyboarding errors (called typos) that find their way into print newspaper stories and online articles and blogs.
"It seems as if nobody proofreads their blogs or news articles anymore. This typocreep is beginning to get out of hand!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Manhattan, April 16, 2011
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Manhattan, April 16, 2011
by PRwiz101 May 10, 2011
Get the typocreep mug."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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"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!"
see my blog for more defs:
http://zippy1300.blogspot.com
by PRwiz101 March 4, 2009
Get the kindle mug.(n.) -- A combination of the words global and viral as a portmanteau word to mean a news story or a photograph that goes global and viral.
"Wow, that Lady Gaga video went gliral today, after news leaked out about who was really in it!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on April 7, 2012
-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on April 7, 2012
by PRwiz101 September 26, 2012
Get the gliral mug.The fray that ensues when one joins the fray on the Internet via online discussion boards or comment sections of popular blogs.
"Hey, I just joined the Interfray on whether the government should bail out the newspaper industry!"
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a New York City office building
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a New York City office building
by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009
Get the Interfray mug.(n.) - an exciting book read on an electronic reading device that one cannot put down, similar to how some print books are called "page-turners"
"Wow, Dan Brown's latest book is a real screengrabber. I couldn't put my Kindle down all night!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in a publisher's office in Manhattan, January 23, 2010
-- overheard at a watercooler in a publisher's office in Manhattan, January 23, 2010
by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010
Get the screengrabber mug.(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 7, 2010
Get the failpapers mug."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
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