"I'm used to all the typos in the newspapers these days, but what
really irritates me is when I see a major grypo that neither the
editors nor the proofreaders caught! Whatever happened to correct grammar usage?"
overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper newsroom in Boston, January 23, 2011
really irritates me is when I see a major grypo that neither the
editors nor the proofreaders caught! Whatever happened to correct grammar usage?"
overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper newsroom in Boston, January 23, 2011
by PRwiz101 April 28, 2011
"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
-- overheard at a watercooler in Redmond, Washington on April 7, 2010
by PRwiz101 April 08, 2010
Joshua Quitter began a recent article in Time magazine about a Palm's Pre, profiling the man who created it, writing on June 15, 2009: "A few weeks ago, Jon Rubinstein
was booking up a mountain the side of Mount Tamalpais in......"
was booking up a mountain the side of Mount Tamalpais in......"
by PRwiz101 July 03, 2009
(n.) - a TV infomercial that is so sexy (either intentionally or otherwise) that you can practically have sex with yourself, or someone else,
while watching it.
while watching it.
"Oh my gosh, did you see that nymphomercial on TV last night, during halftime, with that awesome babe wearing practially nothing? It was awesome!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Atlanta
on April 3, 2011
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Atlanta
on April 3, 2011
by PRwiz101 April 07, 2011
(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
- overheard at a watercooler outside a bookstore in Amsterdam on April 3, 2010
by PRwiz101 April 05, 2010
(n.) - Visually-pleasing email messages and letters that arrive in your inbox with vibrantly-colored backgrounds and icons.
"Most of my incoming email is boring black-and-white messages, but every once in a while, someone sends me some really cool eye-mail, and I love it!"
-- Overheard at a watercooler at the San Francisco Art Institute
-- Overheard at a watercooler at the San Francisco Art Institute
by PRwiz101 September 01, 2009
(n.) -- A writer or blogger who "trolls" in a multichannel, multimedia environment, trying to bait readers into a reaction that editors want to generate.
"You know, a true newspaper columnist might make controversial arguments or challenge common sense, but a trollumist merely provokes outrage in order to sell papers, draw links and capture increasingly scarce reader attention. I'm sick of them!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in Sydney, Australia, November 1, 2009
-- overheard at a watercooler in Sydney, Australia, November 1, 2009
by PRwiz101 November 02, 2009