PRwiz101's definitions

amafessional

(n.) - a blogger or news reporter (from the amateur/professional hybrid to the pajama professional) who works at home rather than in the newsroom, the studio or the office.

"With the changing landscape of the blogosphere, more and more people are opting to become an amafessional and blog from home."

Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on October 28, 2009.

by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009

the CD

(n.) -- The constant din of modern life, where our
tech gadgets are always on and always bringing us closer to ''the constant din" of 21st Century life.

"Man, if there's one thing about life in the big city that I can't stand, it's the CD, the constant constant din! I mean, this city never sleeps! It's crazy!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, December 21, 2011

by PRwiz101 January 2, 2012

youtopia

(n.) - a name for an ideal community or society that meets all of your needs and desires.

If I was king of the world, I'd set up a youtopia, stuff it with everything I want and call it my own.

by PRwiz101 October 21, 2010

funemployed

People who are unemployed and using the free time to have fun and explore new areas in their lives while they wait for their next job opportunity.

"Hey, man, I just love being funemployed now. I can have all day and night to enjoy my life and have fun, instead of working for The Man, you know."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a public library in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, June 29, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 3, 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

typestolgia

(n.) - A nostalgia for old manual and electric typewriters as well as the sound of typewriting on such machines

"I like my computer with its sleek keyboard, of course, but I must say, I also harbor a personal typestolgia for the old days of manual typewriters and electric typewriters."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, May 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 May 21, 2010

cause group

(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

by PRwiz101 April 4, 2010