PRwiz101's definitions

frankenpapers

(n.) -- digital newspapers that replace print newspapers

"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

by PRwiz101 September 14, 2010

atomic typo

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!"

by PRwiz101 May 15, 2009

captcha coincidence

(n.) - When the two words you type in to a CAPTCHA anti-SPAM window -- in order to let the comment section know that you are not an auto-spammer -- have an amazingly real or ironic connection to the theme of the topic you were commenting on.

"Wow, what a coincidence! I was posting a comment about Rush Limbaugh on a website, and I had to type in two words to get past the CAPTCHA anti-SPAM system and the two words the system gave me were were 'connection' and 'hellish'. What an amazing captcha coincidence, huh!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in an office complex in Mountain View, California

by PRwiz101 October 13, 2009

ipaper

(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

by PRwiz101 February 21, 2011

night-mail

(n.) - Email letters and messages that arrive in your inbox overnight while you are sleeping, often from people in different time zones around the world

"Every morning I check my night-mail to see if anything urgent arrived from overseas. With all these time zones worldwide, you never know who is going to email you and when!"

-- overheard at a watercooler at the UN building in Manhattan

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

nooking

To read a book on a sleek, light e-reader device called a Nook and marketed by Barnes & Noble.

"Sorry, I can't talk to you now honey, I'm nooking the new Dan Brown book on my Nook and I just can't put it down!"

by PRwiz101 October 24, 2009

trollumist

(n.) -- A writer or blogger who "trolls" in a multichannel, multimedia environment, trying to bait readers into a reaction that editors want to generate.

"You know, a true newspaper columnist might make controversial arguments or challenge common sense, but a trollumist merely provokes outrage in order to sell papers, draw links and capture increasingly scarce reader attention. I'm sick of them!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Sydney, Australia, November 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009