PRwiz101's definitions

grypo

(n.) -- a grammar mistake in a print newspaper or magazine or online publication

"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

by PRwiz101 May 20, 2011

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

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

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

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

Nerkey

A nerd who is also a turkey. Nerd + turkey = nerkey.

"He's such a nerd, Adam is. Actually, he's more than a nerd, he's a nerkey!"

by PRwiz101 May 24, 2008