Definitions by PRwiz101
cameo visibility
(n.) - The fact or state of something being at least visible in society, even if not everyone knows about it yet.
"You know, even if nobody has heard of my ideas for safer bike lanes yet, I hope that they can at least achieve a small degree of cameo visibility this century."
-- overheard at a watercooler at a national conference for
designers and inventors in San Francisco
-- overheard at a watercooler at a national conference for
designers and inventors in San Francisco
cameo visibility by PRwiz101 January 17, 2011
evicted
''Look, I finally zapped him for good. Evicted!''
overheard in an office kitchenette in Taipei, November 15, 2010
overheard in an office kitchenette in Taipei, November 15, 2010
truth or crimesequences
"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
truth or crimesequences by PRwiz101 November 26, 2010
technograndiosity
(n.) - The idea that our fossil fuel-dependent lifestyle will continue on for many centuries yet to come, thanks to future advances in technology.
"I'm just praying that our car and airplane culture will survive well into the next few centuries thanks to our common belief in technograndiosity. "
overheard at a watercooler in San Antonio, Texas, Nobvember 10, 2010
overheard at a watercooler in San Antonio, Texas, Nobvember 10, 2010
technograndiosity by PRwiz101 November 16, 2010
email gap
(n.) - A period of time when you do not open your email inbox due to travel, moving to a new home, or week-long bedrest due to flu or other health problems.
"Wow, I was out of town for so long, travelling on business, that I just didn't have time to pay attention to the email gap in my inbox."
-- Overheard at an office watercooler in Boston, November 7, 2010
-- Overheard at an office watercooler in Boston, November 7, 2010
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
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles
failpapers by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010
cyberboarding
(n.) - A form of online torture that consists of immobilizing a subject with endless emails of a trivial nature, thus triggering the mammalian gagging reflex causing the captive to experience sensations of nausea.
If I get one more email from my cousin in Boston telling me for the umpteenth time about what he did last weekend, I am going to puke. His constant stream of email messages is nothing but cyberboarding pure and simple, and I plan to put a stop to it as soon as possible.
cyberboarding by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010