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pre-memory

Things you knew before you knew how to know them.
"My pre-memory really plays tricks on me from time to time, but for the life of me, I really do remember some things that there is no way I could have known about!"

-- overheard at a pub in southern Taiwan on July 1, 2009
by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009
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marmalade dropper

(n.) - A news story so bizarre it makes you drop the marmalade when you are reading the newspaper or news on your iPad tablet at breakfast.
"Wow, the story about that guy embezzling all the money right in front of his co-workers' eyes is an amazing marmalade dropper. How come nobody noticed?"

-- overheard at a water cooler in a Manhattan office building, January 25, 2011
by PRwiz101 March 13, 2011
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word of blog

When news travels fast around the blogosphere, it is called "word of blog". See "word of mouth".
"Ever since I put up my video on YouTube, the news has been travelling around the Internet by word of blog!"

-- A student at Tufts University, March 15, 2009
by PRwiz101 March 31, 2009
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m-tasking

(v.) - to do many things at once, such as talk on your cellphone, work on your computer, watch TV, listen to the stereo, etc., also known by its longer form of "multi-tasking"
"With my new iPhone and E-reader, I can be involved with m-tasking all day long, and I love it!"

-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco
by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009
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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
by PRwiz101 November 15, 2010
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incredulosity

(n.) -- An indistinct but generally high measure of incredulity.
"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
by PRwiz101 October 2, 2009
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eback

(n.) -- an e-book composed in or converted to a digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device; first there were hardbacks and paperbacks, now there are ebacks
"I just ordered Stephen King's latest novel in digital format. For me, an eback is just as a good as a paperback book, even better, because I can store it for use anytime anywhere and read it off a variety of screens."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a bookstore in Chicago on March 24, 2010
by PRwiz101 April 4, 2010
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