PRwiz101's definitions

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

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

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

evicted

(n.) -- The exclamation one makes when a cockroach is successfully zapped by an electric zapper

''Look, I finally zapped him for good. Evicted!''

overheard in an office kitchenette in Taipei, November 15, 2010

by PRwiz101 November 26, 2010

conveeni

A convenience store.

"I live right near a nice conveeni, and I get all my daily necessities, there, including beer!"

-- overhead at a coffee shop in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009

brainbow

(n.) - a brilliant idea that soars "over the rainbow" during a group brainstorming session

"Bob, your idea is so good, I want to call it a brainbow! It really soars above the rest, and it's a keeper. Brilliant!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on January 9, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 16, 2010