"Last December, my male companion (can I say manpanion?) took me to a
performance of the New York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker "as an early
Christmas gift. I had a great time, too!"
-- heard at a watercooler in Brooklyn on January 3, 2012
performance of the New York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker "as an early
Christmas gift. I had a great time, too!"
-- heard at a watercooler in Brooklyn on January 3, 2012
by PRwiz101 January 10, 2012
(n.) -- an e-book composed in or converted to a digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device; first there were hardbacks and paperbacks, now there are ebacks
"I just ordered Stephen King's latest novel in digital format. For me, an eback is just as a good as a paperback book, even better, because I can store it for use anytime anywhere and read it off a variety of screens."
-- overheard at a watercooler in a bookstore in Chicago on March 24, 2010
-- overheard at a watercooler in a bookstore in Chicago on March 24, 2010
by PRwiz101 April 04, 2010
(n.) - An online newspaper which borrows from the magazine industry and shifts to magazine-style writing, design and shorter bites of
information to suit today’s headline-glancing reader.
information to suit today’s headline-glancing reader.
You know, I like reading my daily newspaper online, but I also like these new magapaper news sites, which are a kind of cross between a newspaper and a magazine. Cool!
by PRwiz101 January 24, 2011
(n.) - A form of online torture that consists of immobilizing a subject with endless emails of a trivial nature, thus triggering the mammalian gagging reflex causing the captive to experience sensations of nausea.
If I get one more email from my cousin in Boston telling me for the umpteenth time about what he did last weekend, I am going to puke. His constant stream of email messages is nothing but cyberboarding pure and simple, and I plan to put a stop to it as soon as possible.
by PRwiz101 November 06, 2010
"I think we found our man in the ongoing murder probe. Now he's going to have to face truth or crimesequences."
Overheard at a watercooler at a police station in Minneapolis on October 15, 2010
Overheard at a watercooler at a police station in Minneapolis on October 15, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 24, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 02, 2009
(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
incidents or radical fanatics."
-- overheard at a water cooler in a lower Manhattan office on September 1, 2010
by PRwiz101 September 09, 2010