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"I think we found our man in the ongoing murder probe. Now he's going to have to face truth or crimesequences."
Overheard at a watercooler at a police station in Minneapolis on October 15, 2010
Overheard at a watercooler at a police station in Minneapolis on October 15, 2010
by PRwiz101 November 26, 2010
Get the truth or crimesequences mug.(n.) - a highly-personal blog, often for invited readers only, that is more like a scrapbook than a normal blog.
"Yeh, I have a blog, but it's more of a scrapblog than a blog, because it's mostly just photos and links and quotes I like to collect, just for my own use. It's like a scrapbook on a blog platform, that's all, so I call it my scrapblog!"
-- Overheard at a watercooler in Big Spring, Texas on January 5, 2010
-- Overheard at a watercooler in Big Spring, Texas on January 5, 2010
by PRwiz101 January 15, 2010
Get the scrapblog mug.The literati and glitterati of the Internet set; the top movers and shakers of the Internet industry
"Whatever the Interati think of the new search engine introduced last week, the real test will come when the public decides its worth."
-- Overheard in a newspaper office in Los Angeles where editors were discussing how to write an editorial about a new search engine that was still searching for fans.
-- Overheard in a newspaper office in Los Angeles where editors were discussing how to write an editorial about a new search engine that was still searching for fans.
by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009
Get the Interati mug."The problem, then, isn't that screens aren't sharp enough to read novels off of. The problem is that novels aren't screeny enough to warrant protracted, regular reading on screens. "
Cory Doctorow, in an article titled "You Do Like Reading Off a Computer Screen" -- (Locus Magazine, March 2007)
Cory Doctorow, in an article titled "You Do Like Reading Off a Computer Screen" -- (Locus Magazine, March 2007)
by PRwiz101 July 22, 2009
Get the screeny mug.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.
-- Overheard at water cooler at a bookstore in Manhattan in June 2009.
by PRwiz101 August 4, 2009
Get the Bindle mug.(n.) - email letters and messages that appear in your dreams at night while sleeping, only to disappear into thin air upon waking
"Wow, last night I had a dream that I was emailing back and forth with Bill Gates, and he was replying to me, I couldn't believe it. And then I woke up and realized it was all just dream-mail."
-- "Overheard at a watercooler in a Seattle office building
-- "Overheard at a watercooler in a Seattle office building
by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009
Get the dream-mail mug.(adj.) Once a woman reaches middle age and her formerly remarkable and youthful good looks have completely lost their edge, she develops an air of such utter harmlessness that she is no longer attractive to men. A woman is described as "avuncular" when she stops looking like a sexual entity and starts looking like her Aunt Betty.
"At my age, with my looks going into their middle-aged stretch, my nieces and nephews now look at me with wonder and refer to me as their 'avauntcular' auntie. I love it!"
-- Overheard when two middle-aged women were chatting near a watercooler at their office on Madison Avenue in New York
-- Overheard when two middle-aged women were chatting near a watercooler at their office on Madison Avenue in New York
by PRwiz101 August 27, 2009
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