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screengrabber

(n.) - an exciting book read on an electronic reading device that one cannot put down, similar to how some print books are called "page-turners"
"Wow, Dan Brown's latest book is a real screengrabber. I couldn't put my Kindle down all night!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in a publisher's office in Manhattan, January 23, 2010
by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010
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kindle

To read a book or a newspaper on a Kindle e-reading device
"I'm kindling now, call you back in ten minutes."

"I'm kindling the newspaper now, can't chat, will return call in one hour."

"Do you enjoy kindling with your Kindle?" "Yes, I do enjoy kindling."

"Hey, I've been kindled. My lates t book was packaged by Kindle as a Kindle book. It feels kind of good to be kindled."

"My book was out of print for a long time, but a new publisher reprinted it and put it on the Kindle menu and you could say my book has been rekindled. I love it!"

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by PRwiz101 March 4, 2009
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gliral

(n.) -- A combination of the words global and viral as a portmanteau word to mean a news story or a photograph that goes global and viral.
"Wow, that Lady Gaga video went gliral today, after news leaked out about who was really in it!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on April 7, 2012
by PRwiz101 September 26, 2012
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stoopid

(adj.) -- The act of being stupid, but more in the way of being foolish than being really stupid.
"Hey, don't be so stoopid, Danny! What were you thinking, driving with your eyes closed like that!"
by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009
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I've been Romenesko'd

When Jim Romenesko's news industry blog mentions your name or your newspaper's name with a link to your website.
"Wow, Jim Romenesko linked to my oped piece in the Times today, first time that ever happened! Can't wait to tell my friends that I've been Romenesko'd."

-- overheard in a newsroom in Manhattan, March 12, 2010
by PRwiz101 March 30, 2010
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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
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bachelor pad

"I got a nice studio apartment now in the Village, and it's not only a cool bachelor pad, but I also sleep ON my very cool bachelor pad every night."

-- Posted on a Tokyo bulletin board in Ikebukuro, July 2, 2009
by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009
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