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

snailpaper

(n.) - the print edition of the daily newspaper which arrives in the morning on your doorstep with news that is already old and stale by at least 12 hours

"I am sick and tired of reading the snailpaper edition of the New York Times! By the time it arrives, the front page is already old news. I much prefer reading the Times online website with the up-dated news as it happens."

-- overheard at a bar in the East Village in Manhattan, November 15, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 21, 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

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

awkwardsome

A person, a pet, a situation, a photograph or an idea that is both awkward and awesome.

"Did you see that TV clip about a donkey parasailing at a beach in Mexico? Awkwardsome!"

overheard at a watercooler on Madison Avenue in Manhattan on March 31, 2011

by PRwiz101 April 21, 2011

eye-mail

(n.) - Visually-pleasing email messages and letters that arrive in your inbox with vibrantly-colored backgrounds and icons.

"Most of my incoming email is boring black-and-white messages, but every once in a while, someone sends me some really cool eye-mail, and I love it!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler at the San Francisco Art Institute

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

failpapers

(n.) - Print newspapers that have folded and are now defunct, such as the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

"The list of now-defunct failpapers is getting longer and longer, and I worry how many daily newspapers will survive in the future."

-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles

by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010