PRwiz101's definitions

workburger

(n.) -- a hamburger eaten in the middle of the day during work hours in order to boost energy and satisfy cravings for meat, ketchup, salt and pickles.

"If I need anything now, it's a workburger! Bring it on!"

-- overheard outside an office cubicle in Manhattan on March 23, 2011

by PRwiz101 April 25, 2011

crash possums

(n.) -- words that are spelled incorrrectly, for all the world to see, on TV broadcasts at CNN and other networks

"I've seen some real bloopers and howlers on CNN recently, where the headline writer spelled "competing" as "competiting" and things like that. Happens almost every day on my TV screen, all the networks do it. Don't they have copyeditors? I call them 'crash possums' because they remind me of dead possums on rural roads and highways."

-- Overheard outside a coffee shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge on January 8, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 16, 2010

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

ipaper

(n.) - A daily newspaper delivered to an iPad and read on a screen; also applies to daily digital newspapers delivered to and read on other types of tablet devices.

"I used to start my days off with the old trusty print newspaper at the breakfast table, but now I'm addicted to reading the ipaper at our kitchen table. I get the news on my clean screen, and I also get a lot of links to other sites. It's a whole new ballgame!"

-- overheard at a water cooler in Manhattan on January 31, 2011

by PRwiz101 February 21, 2011

night-mail

(n.) - Email letters and messages that arrive in your inbox overnight while you are sleeping, often from people in different time zones around the world

"Every morning I check my night-mail to see if anything urgent arrived from overseas. With all these time zones worldwide, you never know who is going to email you and when!"

-- overheard at a watercooler at the UN building in Manhattan

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

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

lawn officer

(n.) -- the person who is in charge of keeping the lawn outside your home looking good and well-kept all year long

"At my house, I'm the lawn officer. I don't get paid, but my wife gives me a big hug and a kiss every time I mow the lawn and rake the leaves."

by PRwiz101 September 3, 2009