PRwiz101's definitions

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

by PRwiz101 January 17, 2011

beautiful mistake

(n.) - a mistake made while driving or bicycling along rural roads and a wrong turn turns out to be a great find, leading to a beautiful new place you had never been to before

"Wow, I took the wrong road last night but I ended up at an amazing waterfall in the mountains. It was what I like to call a 'beautiful mistake'."

by PRwiz101 April 26, 2010

manpanion

(n.) - The male companion of a woman friend

"Last December, my male companion (can I say manpanion?) took me to a
performance of the New York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker "as an early
Christmas gift. I had a great time, too!"

-- heard at a watercooler in Brooklyn on January 3, 2012

by PRwiz101 January 10, 2012

kindle

To read a book or a newspaper on a Kindle e-reading device

"I'm kindling now, call you back in ten minutes."

"I'm kindling the newspaper now, can't chat, will return call in one hour."

"Do you enjoy kindling with your Kindle?" "Yes, I do enjoy kindling."

"Hey, I've been kindled. My lates t book was packaged by Kindle as a Kindle book. It feels kind of good to be kindled."

"My book was out of print for a long time, but a new publisher reprinted it and put it on the Kindle menu and you could say my book has been rekindled. I love it!"

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by PRwiz101 March 4, 2009

gliral

(n.) -- A combination of the words global and viral as a portmanteau word to mean a news story or a photograph that goes global and viral.

"Wow, that Lady Gaga video went gliral today, after news leaked out about who was really in it!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on April 7, 2012

by PRwiz101 September 26, 2012

screengrabber

(n.) - an exciting book read on an electronic reading device that one cannot put down, similar to how some print books are called "page-turners"

"Wow, Dan Brown's latest book is a real screengrabber. I couldn't put my Kindle down all night!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in a publisher's office in Manhattan, January 23, 2010

by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010

stoopid

(adj.) -- The act of being stupid, but more in the way of being foolish than being really stupid.

"Hey, don't be so stoopid, Danny! What were you thinking, driving with your eyes closed like that!"

by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009