PRwiz101's definitions

Interfray

The fray that ensues when one joins the fray on the Internet via online discussion boards or comment sections of popular blogs.

"Hey, I just joined the Interfray on whether the government should bail out the newspaper industry!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler in a New York City office building

by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009

typocreep

(c.) -- The increasing number of keyboarding errors (called typos) that find their way into print newspaper stories and online articles and blogs.

"It seems as if nobody proofreads their blogs or news articles anymore. This typocreep is beginning to get out of hand!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Manhattan, April 16, 2011

by PRwiz101 May 10, 2011

captcha coincidence

(n.) - When the two words you type in to a CAPTCHA anti-SPAM window -- in order to let the comment section know that you are not an auto-spammer -- have an amazingly real or ironic connection to the theme of the topic you were commenting on.

"Wow, what a coincidence! I was posting a comment about Rush Limbaugh on a website, and I had to type in two words to get past the CAPTCHA anti-SPAM system and the two words the system gave me were were 'connection' and 'hellish'. What an amazing captcha coincidence, huh!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in an office complex in Mountain View, California

by PRwiz101 October 13, 2009

app-rehension

(noun) -- A feeling that the software will lead to a disastrous loss of privacy down the road.

"The more I think about all these apps going around, the more I am filled with app-rehension."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on January 15, 2013

by PRwiz101 January 27, 2013

night-mail

(n.) - Email letters and messages that arrive in your inbox overnight while you are sleeping, often from people in different time zones around the world

"Every morning I check my night-mail to see if anything urgent arrived from overseas. With all these time zones worldwide, you never know who is going to email you and when!"

-- overheard at a watercooler at the UN building in Manhattan

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

ipaper

(n.) - A daily newspaper delivered to an iPad and read on a screen; also applies to daily digital newspapers delivered to and read on other types of tablet devices.

"I used to start my days off with the old trusty print newspaper at the breakfast table, but now I'm addicted to reading the ipaper at our kitchen table. I get the news on my clean screen, and I also get a lot of links to other sites. It's a whole new ballgame!"

-- overheard at a water cooler in Manhattan on January 31, 2011

by PRwiz101 February 21, 2011

amafessional

(n.) - a blogger or news reporter (from the amateur/professional hybrid to the pajama professional) who works at home rather than in the newsroom, the studio or the office.

"With the changing landscape of the blogosphere, more and more people are opting to become an amafessional and blog from home."

Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on October 28, 2009.

by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009