PRwiz101's definitions

moredom

The opposite of boredom.

"I never suffer from boredom, and in fact, if I suffer from anything, it's from moredom! I never have enough time to do all the things I want to do!"

-- Danny Bloom, April 7, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009

throat therapy

Food, a snack, comfort food, fast food, gourmet food. Also coffee, tea, wine, beer or a cold milkshake on a hot summer day.

"Let's stop at the next rest stop on the highway and get some throat therapy."

by PRwiz101 July 3, 2008

slablet

(n.) - a slang word for a computer tablet such as the iPad or other branded tablet devices

"There are so many computer tablets to choose from these days, and more are on the way, I'm not sure which slablet to buy."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Redmond, Washington on April 7, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 8, 2010

slogger

(n.) - A blogger who blogs only once or twice a year.

"I like blogging, and I read lots of blogs, but when it comes to actually writing my own posts, well, I think I am more of a slogger than a blogger. My blogging career has been one long slog."

overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, September 7, 2011

by PRwiz101 September 8, 2011

helium parenting

(n.) -- A method of parenting which is similar to the way a child holds a balloon, in which parents allow their children to rise like a helium-filled balloon and float on their own, while at the same time making sure that their growing sons and daughters have a strong grasp on the string so that they do not float away to unknown parts.

"My parents were good to me, and they raised me with helium parenting ideas. They gave me a lot of freedom when I was a child but they were always there for me, too. I loved being a balloon and yet I was glad they made sure I was holding on to the string."

overheard at a watercooler in the hallway at Temple Beth Shalom in
Toronto, Janary 31, 2012

by PRwiz101 August 1, 2012

Taiwan stop

v. To fail to stop at a red light at night in Taiwan, even though the red light does signify "stop".

"After I went through the red light at night, I got ticketed for a Taiwan stop."

by PRwiz101 April 7, 2009

screengrab

(n.) -- An image taken from a computer screen or homepage and duplicating it on a newspaper or magazine page (grabbing the image from the screen)

"That YouTube video image in the newspaper today was a screengrab, that's how the editors got it, off the computer screen."

-- overheard in a newsroom at a newspaper in New York, July 3, 1999

by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010