A typo (one-letter keyboarding mistake, typewriter mistake) that the spell-check function cannot pick up because the word is spelled correctly -- although not for the word you wanted to key in. They are called "atomic typos" because the change of just one letter completely changes the word, although it remains spelled correctly in terms of the spell check function
Examples:
Chris, instead of Christ
war, instead of was
bite, instead of byte
massage, instead of message
Quote: "Wow, the newspaper had an atomic typo on the front page, the writer meant to say "message" but what appeared in the article was "massage". Oops! That's a real atomic typo, and there's very little one can do to stop them!"
Chris, instead of Christ
war, instead of was
bite, instead of byte
massage, instead of message
Quote: "Wow, the newspaper had an atomic typo on the front page, the writer meant to say "message" but what appeared in the article was "massage". Oops! That's a real atomic typo, and there's very little one can do to stop them!"
by PRwiz101 May 15, 2009
"I am so sick of reading farticle after farticle about this continuing saga of the murdered coed in Seattle. I mean, she's dead. Let it go."
by PRwiz101 September 28, 2009
"Man, I had fun today! I put up a new lawnument in the front yard, and when my wife comes home is she ever going to be surprised!"
by PRwiz101 September 03, 2009
"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
overheard at a water cooler in Miami, Florida, January 6, 2011
by PRwiz101 January 29, 2011
(n.) -- a magazine article comprised almost entirely of one long list of over 100 names of people notable for some achievement or national or international honor
"There's an 8-page listicle in the magazine this week, with lots of photos and quotes, but most of the text is just a huge list of 150 'women who matter' in today's world, according to the editors."
Overheard at a watercooler in San Francisco, January 19, 2011
Overheard at a watercooler in San Francisco, January 19, 2011
by PRwiz101 March 09, 2011
(n.) - a famous person, living or dead, who people often attribute quotes to, even though he or she might not have actually said the things they are quoted as saying; examples are Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Winston Churchill, among others.
"You know, Einstein is a real quote magnet. There are websites and blogs all over the Internet that attribute quotes to him that in some cases he never uttered or wrote. It's hard to know what's true and what's not!"
by PRwiz101 January 22, 2010
(n.) -- a neologism for infelicitously-worded newspaper headlines which at first reading seem to mean one thing but upon second reading mean something completely different; often hard to figure out at first; called "crash blossoms" because one specific headline from a newspaper used the two words -- "crash blossoms" -- in a confusing way
by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009