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

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

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

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

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