PRwiz101's definitions

prostitude

(n.) - The streetwise attitude of a prostitute, male or female; the attitude of a white collar worker who is about to prostitute himself or herself in order to try to get a promotion at work

"Damn, did you see the prostitude on that streetwalker at the corner of Lexington? She was reeking of it!"

"I hate to do this, but if I want that raise, I am going to have to steel myself and pose with some strong prostitude in the office next week!"

by PRwiz101 October 6, 2009

open kimono

(adj.) - A business marketing plan that allows consumers to know what's behind the entire operation, with no secrets kept inside the proverbial kimono

"The new e-reader runs on an open kimono strategy, and sales are going through the roof."

-- overheard at a watercooler at Tokyo computer firm

by PRwiz101 August 29, 2009

putz

A small town in southern Taiwan, known as Putzu in Mandarin but written as Putz in English on several highway road signs.

Putz General Hospital is how the English language sign on a website spells it.

by PRwiz101 July 2, 2005

news karaoke artist

(n.) - Someone who posts on blogs and social networks just to spin other people's more substantial and professional news reports and ideas.

"You know, the blogosphere is now full of so many people who set themselves up as a news karaoke artist, when in fact all they are doing is spinning someone else's commentary. Singing someone else's song. I hate what the Internet is becoming!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Arlington, Virginia on November 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 3, 2009

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!"

by PRwiz101 February 25, 2012

Bindle

A bound book made from paper with a front cover and a back cover and anywhere from 100 to 300 pages inside, printed on paper and to be read on a comfortable chair at one's leisure.

"I hate reading e-books on a Kindle. Give me a real Bindle anyday!"

-- Overheard at water cooler at a bookstore in Manhattan in June 2009.

by PRwiz101 August 4, 2009

vidnapped

(v). -- to be the victim of someone using their cellphone camera to take video of you in a public setting where you
do something unbecoming and then see the video released online and go viral, without your permission or consent

"I am so upset. Last weekend, some people in the park vidnapped me when I was having an angry meltdown over

some issue and they released the video online and it went viral. I am so embarrassed!"

by PRwiz101 January 5, 2014