PRwiz101's definitions

beautiful mistake

(n.) - a mistake made while driving or bicycling along rural roads and a wrong turn turns out to be a great find, leading to a beautiful new place you had never been to before

"Wow, I took the wrong road last night but I ended up at an amazing waterfall in the mountains. It was what I like to call a 'beautiful mistake'."

by PRwiz101 April 26, 2010

manpanion

(n.) - The male companion of a woman friend

"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

by PRwiz101 January 10, 2012

m-tasking

(v.) - to do many things at once, such as talk on your cellphone, work on your computer, watch TV, listen to the stereo, etc., also known by its longer form of "multi-tasking"

"With my new iPhone and E-reader, I can be involved with m-tasking all day long, and I love it!"

-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco

by PRwiz101 August 30, 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

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

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

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