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"The more I think about all these apps going around, the more I am filled with app-rehension."
-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on January 15, 2013
-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on January 15, 2013
by PRwiz101 January 27, 2013
Get the app-rehension mug.(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
-- overheard at a water cooler in Manhattan on January 31, 2011
by PRwiz101 February 21, 2011
Get the ipaper mug."As more and more print newspapers go digital and stop being printed on paper, I worry that these digital frankenpapers might turn into little monsters."
-- overheard at a watercooler in a Madison Avenue advertising agency office, September 1, 2010
-- overheard at a watercooler in a Madison Avenue advertising agency office, September 1, 2010
by PRwiz101 September 14, 2010
Get the frankenpapers mug.A typo (one-letter keyboarding mistake, typewriter mistake) that the spell-check function cannot pick up because the word is spelled correctly -- although not for the word you wanted to key in. They are called "atomic typos" because the change of just one letter completely changes the word, although it remains spelled correctly in terms of the spell check function
Examples:
Chris, instead of Christ
war, instead of was
bite, instead of byte
massage, instead of message
Quote: "Wow, the newspaper had an atomic typo on the front page, the writer meant to say "message" but what appeared in the article was "massage". Oops! That's a real atomic typo, and there's very little one can do to stop them!"
Chris, instead of Christ
war, instead of was
bite, instead of byte
massage, instead of message
Quote: "Wow, the newspaper had an atomic typo on the front page, the writer meant to say "message" but what appeared in the article was "massage". Oops! That's a real atomic typo, and there's very little one can do to stop them!"
by PRwiz101 May 15, 2009
Get the atomic typo mug."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
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
Get the doomsnight mug.(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
Overheard at a watercooler in Seattle on October 25, 2009
by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009
Get the pajama professional mug.(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
-- overheard at a watercooler in Raleigh, South Carolina, January 20, 2012
by PRwiz101 February 7, 2012
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