PRwiz101's definitions

crash possums

(n.) -- words that are spelled incorrrectly, for all the world to see, on TV broadcasts at CNN and other networks

"I've seen some real bloopers and howlers on CNN recently, where the headline writer spelled "competing" as "competiting" and things like that. Happens almost every day on my TV screen, all the networks do it. Don't they have copyeditors? I call them 'crash possums' because they remind me of dead possums on rural roads and highways."

-- Overheard outside a coffee shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge on January 8, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 16, 2010

Godfiti

(n.) -- Witty, pithy slogans written on outdoor walls that either denigrate the existence of God or the gods, or praise God or the gods, or sometimes do both.

I saw this Godfiti written on a wall the other day.

"God is dead." -- Nietzsche

''Nietzsche is dead.'' -- God

by PRwiz101 October 26, 2011

idea juice

(n.) - the inner creative juices that fuel a person and drive him or her to come up with new ideas

"Last month, I was in a funk, and I could hardly come up with any new ideas for my cartoon strip. But now I am back to normal and the idea juice is flowing!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in a design studio in Manhattan on January 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 22, 2010

jabberwalking

Jaywalking while jabbering away on a cellphone.

"That guy over there is jabberwalking, and if he's not careful, he'll get run over by a car or a bus!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 27, 2009

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

cause group

(n.) - A special-interest group or social activist group that espouses a specific cause to improve society or promote social or political concerns

"There is no special cause group for Dutch people in America, but there should be since many of our English words, such as Dutch treat and dutch oven and dutch wife are slurs on the Dutch."

- overheard at a watercooler outside a bookstore in Amsterdam on April 3, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 4, 2010