PRwiz101's definitions

youtopia

(n.) - a name for an ideal community or society that meets all of your needs and desires.

If I was king of the world, I'd set up a youtopia, stuff it with everything I want and call it my own.

by PRwiz101 October 21, 2010

funemployed

People who are unemployed and using the free time to have fun and explore new areas in their lives while they wait for their next job opportunity.

"Hey, man, I just love being funemployed now. I can have all day and night to enjoy my life and have fun, instead of working for The Man, you know."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a public library in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, June 29, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 3, 2009

screeny

Textual content that's written
and formatted to work on a computer screen or E-reader

"The problem, then, isn't that screens aren't sharp enough to read novels off of. The problem is that novels aren't screeny enough to warrant protracted, regular reading on screens. "

Cory Doctorow, in an article titled "You Do Like Reading Off a Computer Screen" -- (Locus Magazine, March 2007)

by PRwiz101 July 22, 2009

dream-mail

(n.) - email letters and messages that appear in your dreams at night while sleeping, only to disappear into thin air upon waking

"Wow, last night I had a dream that I was emailing back and forth with Bill Gates, and he was replying to me, I couldn't believe it. And then I woke up and realized it was all just dream-mail."

-- "Overheard at a watercooler in a Seattle office building

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

Bindle

A bound book made from paper with a front cover and a back cover and anywhere from 100 to 300 pages inside, printed on paper and to be read on a comfortable chair at one's leisure.

"I hate reading e-books on a Kindle. Give me a real Bindle anyday!"

-- Overheard at water cooler at a bookstore in Manhattan in June 2009.

by PRwiz101 August 4, 2009

Interati

The literati and glitterati of the Internet set; the top movers and shakers of the Internet industry

"Whatever the Interati think of the new search engine introduced last week, the real test will come when the public decides its worth."

-- Overheard in a newspaper office in Los Angeles where editors were discussing how to write an editorial about a new search engine that was still searching for fans.

by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009

truth or crimesequences

(n.) -- What one arrives at after painstakingly investigating a crime.

"I think we found our man in the ongoing murder probe. Now he's going to have to face truth or crimesequences."

Overheard at a watercooler at a police station in Minneapolis on October 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 November 26, 2010