Definitions by PRwiz101

Jewmentum 

(n.) -- the inner confidence of a Jewish person to persevere against all odds and come out with a successful outcome, no matter what the endeavor is, big or small.

"Oh, I know the odds are against me, but I really want to try my hand at writing a novel, and I'm hoping my Jewmentum will carry me through to the end. It's a dream I have had since high school, to be a novelist!"

Jewmentum by PRwiz101 March 17, 2012

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!"

generation gape by PRwiz101 March 15, 2012

hate-reading 

(n.) -- an online activity in which one visits a website, Twitter feed, or
Facebook page for the express purpose of ridiculing -- or indulging
one's disdain for -- the author and/or the content on the site

"Okay, I'll be honest: I indulge in hate-reading from time to time, sure, ever since I
discovered the Internet in junior high. It's something I usually do alone, late at night, when I'm
procrastinating or drunk or bored."

overheard at an office watercooler in Modesto, California, Decemeber 16, 2011

hate-reading by PRwiz101 March 1, 2012

generation gasp 

(n.) -- the sighing sound one hears on both sides of the generation gap when one side says something the other side just doesn't quite agree with

"You know, every time I talk to my dad, he says a few things that just bother the heck out of me, and I know it's just the generation gap rearing its proverbial head again. It happens so often now, but of course always in a friendly way between younger daughter and older father, that it's more like a generation gasp these days, than a generation gap!"

generation gasp by PRwiz101 February 25, 2012

comentum 

(n.) -- When two people share the same momentum in a foot race, bicycle race or political campaign

"Wow, Jack and Stephen are neck and neck and the race is hardly over. There is some real comentum out there on the track today, and there's no way to know who's going to win."

Overheard at a track and field event in California on January 15, 2012

comentum by PRwiz101 February 7, 2012

fomentum 

(n.) -- A state of existence reached when a gaggle of political candidates gather for a debate and ignore the issues, respond to questions without substance, preferring to bluster, posture and end the debate having done nothing other than denigrate each of the other politicians on stage.

"Did you see it? The South Carolina Republican debate last night produced new fomentum as the candidates berated each other and offered not a single substantive idea."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Raleigh, South Carolina, January 20, 2012

fomentum by PRwiz101 February 7, 2012

GPS logic

(n. ) -- Logic that only the most sophisticated GPS devices can track, and therefore not very logical in fact.

"I can't believe my ex-wife said that about me. Only the most sophisticated GPS devices can track that kind of logic. That's what I call GPS logic at work!"

overheard at a watercooler in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2012

GPS logic by PRwiz101 January 11, 2012