PRwiz101's definitions

newspipe

(n.) - A news platform on the Internet that replaces the traditional daily newspaper on newsprint.

"Newspapers are so yesterday, and they are destined to go the way of the dodo. The newspipe will replace the newspaper, and life will go on with no loss of life or limb, just a few adjustments here and there. I believe the future lies in newspipes, the lovely variety of them all!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in the New York Times building on March 27, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 10, 2010

marmalade dropper

(n.) - A news story so bizarre it makes you drop the marmalade when you are reading the newspaper or news on your iPad tablet at breakfast.

"Wow, the story about that guy embezzling all the money right in front of his co-workers' eyes is an amazing marmalade dropper. How come nobody noticed?"

-- overheard at a water cooler in a Manhattan office building, January 25, 2011

by PRwiz101 March 13, 2011

pre-memory

Things you knew before you knew how to know them.

"My pre-memory really plays tricks on me from time to time, but for the life of me, I really do remember some things that there is no way I could have known about!"

-- overheard at a pub in southern Taiwan on July 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009

word of blog

When news travels fast around the blogosphere, it is called "word of blog". See "word of mouth".

"Ever since I put up my video on YouTube, the news has been travelling around the Internet by word of blog!"

-- A student at Tufts University, March 15, 2009

by PRwiz101 March 31, 2009

thumper sticker

A bumper sticker-like slogan imprinted on a t-shirt.

"Hey, did you see that thumper sticker on that guy's t-shirt?"

"Wow, the thumper sticker on that woman's t-shirt is cool!"

by PRwiz101 May 10, 2009

honor box

(n.) - slang for vagina

"I love Emma, she's got an honor box that I can't get enough of! But I am worried about her flirtations outside of our deal, so I just hope that the other guys out there honor our relationship and don't intrude."

-- overheard at a bar in Manhattan, March 23, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 17, 2010

luddicrous

(adj.) - The way a modern Luddite sees the world of trendy gadgetheads and consumer overdrive.

"Man, I am so sick of all these new e-readers and the never-ending parade of new cellphones and apps. It's all so luddicrous!"

by PRwiz101 August 31, 2009