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Screengrab by Voidularr February 17, 2018
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screengrab
(n.) -- An image taken from a computer screen or homepage and duplicating it on a newspaper or magazine page (grabbing the image from the screen)
"That YouTube video image in the newspaper today was a screengrab, that's how the editors got it, off the computer screen."
-- overheard in a newsroom at a newspaper in New York, July 3, 1999
-- overheard in a newsroom at a newspaper in New York, July 3, 1999
screengrab by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010
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Screengayver
An age old office prank that never gets old. Or if it does, only to the receiver.
Usually in hectic office environments an unsuspecting poor sap will leave his computer unlocked for a just a few precious minutes. Within this time the more saavy co-worker has Carte Blanche access to google up a pic of a hot pair of gay men embracing in a clutch of passion. Or in extreme cases a well placed schlong dangling pic right on his desktop.
The coup de grace of this prank is to conceal the background with a few legitimate applications such as Word, Excel or Outlook email.
Upon returning to his workstation he may work hours before minimizing or locking his workstation down (much too late) to be shocked to see a pink pile of man junk proliferate his screen. This works exceptionally well when female hetero passers by notice the commotion from his cube.
Usually in hectic office environments an unsuspecting poor sap will leave his computer unlocked for a just a few precious minutes. Within this time the more saavy co-worker has Carte Blanche access to google up a pic of a hot pair of gay men embracing in a clutch of passion. Or in extreme cases a well placed schlong dangling pic right on his desktop.
The coup de grace of this prank is to conceal the background with a few legitimate applications such as Word, Excel or Outlook email.
Upon returning to his workstation he may work hours before minimizing or locking his workstation down (much too late) to be shocked to see a pink pile of man junk proliferate his screen. This works exceptionally well when female hetero passers by notice the commotion from his cube.
William: "Well, I'm done for the day have a good weekend"... "WHAT THE FU(*K!"
Ted: "LOL"
Betty: "How many times are you going to give him a Screengayver Ted?" "LOL"
Ted: "LOL"
Betty: "How many times are you going to give him a Screengayver Ted?" "LOL"
Screengayver by Grizzly August 27, 2009
screentrance
A phenomenon that happens when you stare at a computer screen when keybored and you become cross-eyed. You are about to fall asleep, only your eyes are partly open.
Then it appears that the guy staring in the screen is in a trance from the view of another guy.
Then it appears that the guy staring in the screen is in a trance from the view of another guy.
screentrance by asianguy22 May 31, 2010
screenography
In-game screenshot photography!
Creative and artistic images taken in video games by screenshot enthusiasts.
Screenshot art.
Creative and artistic images taken in video games by screenshot enthusiasts.
Screenshot art.
"The downside of outdoor screenography is that you are reliant on weather conditions and lighting changing with the time of day."
screenography by _Aeyvi_ September 26, 2017
screengaze
To look at somebody/something for a long time on a screen of a smartphone, computer, television, or device, that displays pictures, information, digital files, and digital re-representations of the physical world. Typically, an individual looks at the screen for a prolonged amount of time, which can lead to a trance-like state, either because one is very interested or surprised about what is displayed, or because the act of looking at the screen directs one to think of something else.
The phenomenology of screengazing was first observed following the advent of the television screen and reached ubiquity after the invention of smartphones.
• She screengazed at the digital reproduction of an oil painting of a melting iceberg.
• He screengazed for hours whilst thinking about someone who he deeply cared for.
• They had screengazed for as long as they could remember, it was ubiquitous.
The phenomenology of screengazing was first observed following the advent of the television screen and reached ubiquity after the invention of smartphones.
• She screengazed at the digital reproduction of an oil painting of a melting iceberg.
• He screengazed for hours whilst thinking about someone who he deeply cared for.
• They had screengazed for as long as they could remember, it was ubiquitous.
• She screengazed at the digital reproduction of an oil painting of a melting iceberg.
• He screengazed for hours whilst thinking about someone who he deeply cared for.
• They had screengazed for as long as they could remember, it was ubiquitous.
• He screengazed for hours whilst thinking about someone who he deeply cared for.
• They had screengazed for as long as they could remember, it was ubiquitous.
screengaze by screengaze June 3, 2022
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
-- overheard at a watercooler in a publisher's office in Manhattan, January 23, 2010
screengrabber by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010
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