"Last month, I was in a funk, and I could hardly come up with any new ideas for my cartoon strip. But now I am back to normal and the idea juice is flowing!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in a design studio in Manhattan on January 15, 2010
-- overheard at a watercooler in a design studio in Manhattan on January 15, 2010
by PRwiz101 January 22, 2010
(n.) - A nostalgia for old manual and electric typewriters as well as the sound of typewriting on such machines
"I like my computer with its sleek keyboard, of course, but I must say, I also harbor a personal typestolgia for the old days of manual typewriters and electric typewriters."
-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, May 15, 2010
-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, May 15, 2010
by PRwiz101 May 21, 2010
"The way things are going, if we're not careful, all the doomsday scenarios going around now might just end in one
long, final doomsnight. It won't be a pretty picture, either!"
overheard at a water cooler in Madison, Wisconsin on January 12, 2011
long, final doomsnight. It won't be a pretty picture, either!"
overheard at a water cooler in Madison, Wisconsin on January 12, 2011
by PRwiz101 January 25, 2011
''Look, I finally zapped him for good. Evicted!''
overheard in an office kitchenette in Taipei, November 15, 2010
overheard in an office kitchenette in Taipei, November 15, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 24, 2010
(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 April 24, 2012
(n.) - A news story so bizarre it makes you drop the marmalade when you are reading the newspaper or news on your iPad tablet at breakfast.
"Wow, the story about that guy embezzling all the money right in front of his co-workers' eyes is an amazing marmalade dropper. How come nobody noticed?"
-- overheard at a water cooler in a Manhattan office building, January 25, 2011
-- overheard at a water cooler in a Manhattan office building, January 25, 2011
by PRwiz101 February 26, 2011
(adj.) -- Online comments on blogs and Internet forums that are so inane and stupid they resemble the kinds of comments written about some YouTube videos.
"The level of stupidity in some of the comments in some forums approaches youtubic proportions."
- overheard outside a Manhattan office cubicle
- overheard outside a Manhattan office cubicle
by PRwiz101 August 31, 2010