(n.) -- the person who is in charge of keeping the lawn outside your home looking good and well-kept all year long
"At my house, I'm the lawn officer. I don't get paid, but my wife gives me a big hug and a kiss every time I mow the lawn and rake the leaves."
by PRwiz101 September 03, 2009
(n.) - The bottom parts of a woman's breasts below the nipples that are visible the bottom of a very short midriff shirt or t-shirt that covers the top of her breasts.
"If that's not a deliberate display of undercleavage on that model in the Vogue photo, I don't know what is!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in Los Angeles
-- overheard at a watercooler in Los Angeles
by PRwiz101 October 17, 2009
"My disbelief rose beyond incredulity to an even higher degree of incredulosity."
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Providence, Rhode Island, October 1, 2009
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Providence, Rhode Island, October 1, 2009
by PRwiz101 October 02, 2009
(n.) -- A person whose ideas and comments online are so inane and silly that he or she comes across as more of a nincompoop than a real intellectual.
"My uncle is smart and all that, he went to some Ivy League college, but in fact, he's a real nincompoopellectual most of the time, with all his silly ideas."
-- Overheard at a Thanksgiving dinner party in Teaneck, New Jersey in 2001
-- Overheard at a Thanksgiving dinner party in Teaneck, New Jersey in 2001
by PRwiz101 November 02, 2009
(n.) - television graphics that occupy the lower area of a TV screen, originally coined by the Chyron Corporation which develops and manufactures on-screen graphics; now a commonly-used term for such graphics on TV broadcasts worldwide
"I hate it when the chyron is spelled wrong or contains a grammatical mistake. I often see such chyron mistakes on CNN. Sometimes I think the guys who run the TV control rooms can't spell!"
by PRwiz101 April 05, 2010
(n.) - Professional and amateur news operations in print or online to identify misleading government lies or corporate product propaganda in order to raise public awareness of truthiness in the general population.
"Look, the only way we're going to turn this society into a better and more informed one is to push our counterpropaganda on the media just as hard as the forces of public manipulation do."
-- overheard at a watercooler in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2011
-- overheard at a watercooler in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2011
by PRwiz101 April 03, 2011
(n.) -- A method of parenting which is similar to the way a child holds a balloon, in which parents allow their children to rise like a helium-filled balloon and float on their own, while at the same time making sure that their growing sons and daughters have a strong grasp on the string so that they do not float away to unknown parts.
"My parents were good to me, and they raised me with helium parenting ideas. They gave me a lot of freedom when I was a child but they were always there for me, too. I loved being a balloon and yet I was glad they made sure I was holding on to the string."
overheard at a watercooler in the hallway at Temple Beth Shalom in
Toronto, Janary 31, 2012
overheard at a watercooler in the hallway at Temple Beth Shalom in
Toronto, Janary 31, 2012
by PRwiz101 March 16, 2012