PRwiz101's definitions

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

nincompoopellectual

(n.) -- A person whose ideas and comments online are so inane and silly that he or she comes across as more of a nincompoop than a real intellectual.

"My uncle is smart and all that, he went to some Ivy League college, but in fact, he's a real nincompoopellectual most of the time, with all his silly ideas."

-- Overheard at a Thanksgiving dinner party in Teaneck, New Jersey in 2001

by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009

cyberboarding

(n.) - A form of online torture that consists of immobilizing a subject with endless emails of a trivial nature, thus triggering the mammalian gagging reflex causing the captive to experience sensations of nausea.

If I get one more email from my cousin in Boston telling me for the umpteenth time about what he did last weekend, I am going to puke. His constant stream of email messages is nothing but cyberboarding pure and simple, and I plan to put a stop to it as soon as possible.

by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010

antislamitism

(n.) -- Publicly-voiced attitudes toward Islam and Moslems worldwide, often irrational and prejudiced.

"There is so much antislamitism today, what with the Ground Zero mosque controversy and other issues. It's not fair to judge an entire people just because of a few isolated
incidents or radical fanatics."

-- overheard at a water cooler in a lower Manhattan office on September 1, 2010

by PRwiz101 September 9, 2010

Godfiti

(n.) -- Witty, pithy slogans written on outdoor walls that either denigrate the existence of God or the gods, or praise God or the gods, or sometimes do both.

I saw this Godfiti written on a wall the other day.

"God is dead." -- Nietzsche

''Nietzsche is dead.'' -- God

by PRwiz101 October 26, 2011

jabberwalking

Jaywalking while jabbering away on a cellphone.

"That guy over there is jabberwalking, and if he's not careful, he'll get run over by a car or a bus!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 27, 2009

idea juice

(n.) - the inner creative juices that fuel a person and drive him or her to come up with new ideas

"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

by PRwiz101 January 22, 2010