PRwiz101's definitions

GPS logic

(n. ) -- Logic that only the most sophisticated GPS devices can track, and therefore not very logical in fact.

"I can't believe my ex-wife said that about me. Only the most sophisticated GPS devices can track that kind of logic. That's what I call GPS logic at work!"

overheard at a watercooler in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2012

by PRwiz101 January 11, 2012

nincompoopellectual

(n.) -- A person whose ideas and comments online are so inane and silly that he or she comes across as more of a nincompoop than a real intellectual.

"My uncle is smart and all that, he went to some Ivy League college, but in fact, he's a real nincompoopellectual most of the time, with all his silly ideas."

-- Overheard at a Thanksgiving dinner party in Teaneck, New Jersey in 2001

by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009

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

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

the CD

(n.) -- The constant din of modern life, where our
tech gadgets are always on and always bringing us closer to ''the constant din" of 21st Century life.

"Man, if there's one thing about life in the big city that I can't stand, it's the CD, the constant constant din! I mean, this city never sleeps! It's crazy!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, December 21, 2011

by PRwiz101 January 2, 2012

amafessional

(n.) - a blogger or news reporter (from the amateur/professional hybrid to the pajama professional) who works at home rather than in the newsroom, the studio or the office.

"With the changing landscape of the blogosphere, more and more people are opting to become an amafessional and blog from home."

Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on October 28, 2009.

by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009

sandtease

(N.) -- When you buy a sandwich in a convenience store thinking that from the looks of the meat or fish or vegetable filling facing out to you on the shelf that it will be full of that filling all the way into the sandwich as well. But when you buy the sandwich and unwrap it, it's barely full of the filling at all, and in fact the outer edge is all you get; the inside of the sandwich was basically empty.

‎''I bought a tuna sandwich at 7-Eleven and there was only a small helping of actual tuna inside -- what a sandtease! It was a completely eye-catching piece of display sales fakery. I hate that!"

by PRwiz101 August 7, 2011