PRwiz101's definitions

GPS logic

(n. ) -- Logic that only the most sophisticated GPS devices can track, and therefore not very logical in fact.

"I can't believe my ex-wife said that about me. Only the most sophisticated GPS devices can track that kind of logic. That's what I call GPS logic at work!"

overheard at a watercooler in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2012

by PRwiz101 January 11, 2012

the CD

(n.) -- The constant din of modern life, where our
tech gadgets are always on and always bringing us closer to ''the constant din" of 21st Century life.

"Man, if there's one thing about life in the big city that I can't stand, it's the CD, the constant constant din! I mean, this city never sleeps! It's crazy!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, December 21, 2011

by PRwiz101 January 2, 2012

amafessional

(n.) - a blogger or news reporter (from the amateur/professional hybrid to the pajama professional) who works at home rather than in the newsroom, the studio or the office.

"With the changing landscape of the blogosphere, more and more people are opting to become an amafessional and blog from home."

Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on October 28, 2009.

by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009

night-mail

(n.) - Email letters and messages that arrive in your inbox overnight while you are sleeping, often from people in different time zones around the world

"Every morning I check my night-mail to see if anything urgent arrived from overseas. With all these time zones worldwide, you never know who is going to email you and when!"

-- overheard at a watercooler at the UN building in Manhattan

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

booking up a mountain

To climb a mountain trail with vigor and determination

Joshua Quitter began a recent article in Time magazine about a Palm's Pre, profiling the man who created it, writing on June 15, 2009: "A few weeks ago, Jon Rubinstein
was booking up a mountain the side of Mount Tamalpais in......"

by PRwiz101 July 3, 2009

flattersulted

A portmanteau word combining flattered and insulted; when you are both flattered and insulted by someone's remarks or actions

"Hey, I got a note today from a guy who fished my bestselling novel out of a garbage can in New York and told me he enjoyed reading it. Flattering? Insulting? I'm experiencing some mixed emotions. Maybe I've been flattersulted."

-- overheard at a watercooler outside a publisher's office in Manhattan, March 30, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 1, 2010

spinnovation

(n.) - Public relations spin that is put on a recent innovation and in the process putting media focus on the exact spin the company hopes to see its new product get

"Wow, if we can put the right spinnovation on the new e-reader we developed, we can leapfrog over the competition."

-- overheard at a watercool at a Silicon Valley computer firm

by PRwiz101 September 6, 2009