PRwiz101's definitions

lawn officer

(n.) -- the person who is in charge of keeping the lawn outside your home looking good and well-kept all year long

"At my house, I'm the lawn officer. I don't get paid, but my wife gives me a big hug and a kiss every time I mow the lawn and rake the leaves."

by PRwiz101 September 3, 2009

brainbow

(n.) - a brilliant idea that soars "over the rainbow" during a group brainstorming session

"Bob, your idea is so good, I want to call it a brainbow! It really soars above the rest, and it's a keeper. Brilliant!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on January 9, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 16, 2010

counterpropaganda

(n.) - Professional and amateur news operations in print or online to identify misleading government lies or corporate product propaganda in order to raise public awareness of truthiness in the general population.

"Look, the only way we're going to turn this society into a better and more informed one is to push our counterpropaganda on the media just as hard as the forces of public manipulation do."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2011

by PRwiz101 April 20, 2011

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

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

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

antislamitism

(n.) -- Publicly-voiced attitudes toward Islam and Moslems worldwide, often irrational and prejudiced.

"There is so much antislamitism today, what with the Ground Zero mosque controversy and other issues. It's not fair to judge an entire people just because of a few isolated
incidents or radical fanatics."

-- overheard at a water cooler in a lower Manhattan office on September 1, 2010

by PRwiz101 September 9, 2010