PRwiz101's definitions

workburger

(n.) -- a hamburger eaten in the middle of the day during work hours in order to boost energy and satisfy cravings for meat, ketchup, salt and pickles.

"If I need anything now, it's a workburger! Bring it on!"

-- overheard outside an office cubicle in Manhattan on March 23, 2011

by PRwiz101 April 25, 2011

technograndiosity

(n.) - The idea that our fossil fuel-dependent lifestyle will continue on for many centuries yet to come, thanks to future advances in technology.

"I'm just praying that our car and airplane culture will survive well into the next few centuries thanks to our common belief in technograndiosity. "

overheard at a watercooler in San Antonio, Texas, Nobvember 10, 2010

by PRwiz101 November 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

generation gape

(v.) -- to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder at someone from another generation for doing or saying something completely surprising or incomprehensible due to the generation gap.

"Whenever I say something old-fashioned to my teenage sons, they just look at me in a totally befuddled way and then generation gape at me in wide-eyed wonder. 'Oh Dad, please!' is what they are thinking, I'm sure!"

by PRwiz101 March 15, 2012

Skypophobia

(n.) - a phobia relating to feeling very uncomfortable and uneasy if asked
to communicate with others using Skype and usually refusing do use it for this reason

"I just did my first Skype chat the other day, and I must say it felt
very uncomfortable and weird to me. I think I
probably suffer from Skypophobia, and for the most part I prefer
either direct telephone voice calls or emails. I'm Skypophobic."

by PRwiz101 January 22, 2014

YOUTUBIC

(adj.) -- Online comments on blogs and Internet forums that are so inane and stupid they resemble the kinds of comments written about some YouTube videos.

"The level of stupidity in some of the comments in some forums approaches youtubic proportions."

- overheard outside a Manhattan office cubicle

by PRwiz101 August 31, 2010

screening

To read text on a computer screen, cellphone screen, Kindle screen or PDA screen or BlackBerry screen; replaces the term "reading" which now only refers to reading print text on paper

"I hate reading print newspapers now. I do all my screening online."

by PRwiz101 February 14, 2009