PRwiz101's definitions

grypo

(n.) -- a grammar mistake in a print newspaper or magazine or online publication

"I'm used to all the typos in the newspapers these days, but what
really irritates me is when I see a major grypo that neither the
editors nor the proofreaders caught! Whatever happened to correct grammar usage?"

overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper newsroom in Boston, January 23, 2011

by PRwiz101 May 20, 2011

I've been Romenesko'd

When Jim Romenesko's news industry blog mentions your name or your newspaper's name with a link to your website.

"Wow, Jim Romenesko linked to my oped piece in the Times today, first time that ever happened! Can't wait to tell my friends that I've been Romenesko'd."

-- overheard in a newsroom in Manhattan, March 12, 2010

by PRwiz101 March 30, 2010

vidnapped

(v). -- to be the victim of someone using their cellphone camera to take video of you in a public setting where you
do something unbecoming and then see the video released online and go viral, without your permission or consent

"I am so upset. Last weekend, some people in the park vidnapped me when I was having an angry meltdown over

some issue and they released the video online and it went viral. I am so embarrassed!"

by PRwiz101 January 5, 2014

bachelor pad

A Japanese futon for one.

"I got a nice studio apartment now in the Village, and it's not only a cool bachelor pad, but I also sleep ON my very cool bachelor pad every night."

-- Posted on a Tokyo bulletin board in Ikebukuro, July 2, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 4, 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

PRfie

(n.) - a selfie that was actually a public relations stunt set up by a PR operative

"You know that selfie that Ortiz said he took with Obama? Turns out it was really just a PRfie set up by his Samsung team."

-- overheard at a watercooler at MIT in Boston, April 3, 2014

by PRwiz101 May 18, 2014

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