PRwiz101's definitions

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

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

scifientist

A person who is neither a scientist nor a science fiction writer, but writes and blogs about possible sci-fi scenarios for the future.

Although polar cities do not exist yet, there's a blogger who envisions them as safe refuges for survivors of global warming in the far distant future, and he calls himself a scifientist.

by PRwiz101 May 4, 2008

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

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

Urban Dick

(n.) -- Nickname, in a friendly and easy-to-pronounce form, for a popular online dictionary called the Urban Dictionary.

"I love seeing the new definitions of words that keep popping up daily on the Urban Dick! It's a really cool online dictionary."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Chicago, November 12, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 15, 2009