PRwiz101's definitions

screengrab

(n.) -- An image taken from a computer screen or homepage and duplicating it on a newspaper or magazine page (grabbing the image from the screen)

"That YouTube video image in the newspaper today was a screengrab, that's how the editors got it, off the computer screen."

-- overheard in a newsroom at a newspaper in New York, July 3, 1999

by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010

Taiwan stop

v. To fail to stop at a red light at night in Taiwan, even though the red light does signify "stop".

"After I went through the red light at night, I got ticketed for a Taiwan stop."

by PRwiz101 April 7, 2009

teasewich

(n.) -- A convenience store sandwich that looks like it is stuffed with fillings, from the outside view on the shelf, but once you open the plastic wrapping, the sad truth becomes evident that you've been had.

''I just hate it when I plunk down good cold cash for what I think is going to be a big tuna sandwich, but when I open the wrapping, it's just a teasewich, and there's hardly anything inside the bread! They just use the mouth of the sandwich as a come on!"

by PRwiz101 August 8, 2011

doomsnight

(n.) - the final hours of humankind on the evening of doomsday

"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

by PRwiz101 January 25, 2011

fomentum

(n.) -- A state of existence reached when a gaggle of political candidates gather for a debate and ignore the issues, respond to questions without substance, preferring to bluster, posture and end the debate having done nothing other than denigrate each of the other politicians on stage.

"Did you see it? The South Carolina Republican debate last night produced new fomentum as the candidates berated each other and offered not a single substantive idea."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Raleigh, South Carolina, January 20, 2012

by PRwiz101 February 7, 2012

pajama professional

(n.) -- a person who works from his or her home, often lounging around in pajamas all day or putting on some informal clothes as the day goes on.

"My brother in Alaska has become a certified pajama professional now; he makes a nice living from his home office and never has to wear a suit and tie anymore. I love it!"

Overheard at a watercooler in Seattle on October 25, 2009

by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009

Jewmentum

(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 March 17, 2012