PRwiz101's definitions

idea juice

(n.) - the inner creative juices that fuel a person and drive him or her to come up with new ideas

"Last month, I was in a funk, and I could hardly come up with any new ideas for my cartoon strip. But now I am back to normal and the idea juice is flowing!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in a design studio in Manhattan on January 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 22, 2010

jabberwalking

Jaywalking while jabbering away on a cellphone.

"That guy over there is jabberwalking, and if he's not careful, he'll get run over by a car or a bus!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 27, 2009

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

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

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

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

blogforce

The blogforce is all those blogs in the blogosphere that support your most recent blog posts and link to your blog as a show of support for your ideas and opinions.

"I'm going to call on the blogforce to get behind my recent posts about climate change and help spread the word around the blogosphere."

-- A student at Tufts University majoring in French.

by PRwiz101 April 2, 2009