PRwiz101's definitions

smudge magnet

(n.) -- A hi-tech tablet gadget like the iPad or the Kindle which whether nerdy-looking or sleek nevertheless becomes a smudge magnet during use at home or office.

"I love the entire concept of the iPad, but I am just worried it's going to become just another smudge magnet in my home."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a San Francisco office building on January 28, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 29, 2010

atomic typo

A typo (one-letter keyboarding mistake, typewriter mistake) that the spell-check function cannot pick up because the word is spelled correctly -- although not for the word you wanted to key in. They are called "atomic typos" because the change of just one letter completely changes the word, although it remains spelled correctly in terms of the spell check function

Examples:

Chris, instead of Christ
war, instead of was
bite, instead of byte
massage, instead of message

Quote: "Wow, the newspaper had an atomic typo on the front page, the writer meant to say "message" but what appeared in the article was "massage". Oops! That's a real atomic typo, and there's very little one can do to stop them!"

by PRwiz101 May 15, 2009

apocapricious

An apocalyptic feeling or prediction that is characterized by or subject to whim; someone who issues predictions of a future apocalypse who is both impulsive and unpredictable.

"You know, the British doomsayer James Lovelock has some good ideas about climate change and global warming, but his ideas about breeding pairs of humans surviving in an uninhabited and desolate Arctic is completely over the top and apocapricious!"

-- Overheard at a pub in Cornwall, England

by PRwiz101 May 24, 2009

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

Interati

The literati and glitterati of the Internet set; the top movers and shakers of the Internet industry

"Whatever the Interati think of the new search engine introduced last week, the real test will come when the public decides its worth."

-- Overheard in a newspaper office in Los Angeles where editors were discussing how to write an editorial about a new search engine that was still searching for fans.

by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009

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

undercleavage

(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

by PRwiz101 October 17, 2009