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(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
by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010
Get the screengrabber mug.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
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a New York City office building
by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009
Get the Interfray mug.(n.) - Print newspapers that have folded and are now defunct, such as the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"The list of now-defunct failpapers is getting longer and longer, and I worry how many daily newspapers will survive in the future."
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles
by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010
Get the failpapers mug."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
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
Get the grypo mug.(v.) - to do many things at once, such as talk on your cellphone, work on your computer, watch TV, listen to the stereo, etc., also known by its longer form of "multi-tasking"
"With my new iPhone and E-reader, I can be involved with m-tasking all day long, and I love it!"
-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco
-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco
by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009
Get the m-tasking mug.(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
-- overheard at a watercooler at a national conference for
designers and inventors in San Francisco
by PRwiz101 January 17, 2011
Get the cameo visibility mug.(adj.) -- Online comments on blogs and Internet forums that are so inane and stupid they resemble the kinds of comments written about some YouTube videos.
"The level of stupidity in some of the comments in some forums approaches youtubic proportions."
- overheard outside a Manhattan office cubicle
- overheard outside a Manhattan office cubicle
by PRwiz101 August 31, 2010
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