115 definitions by PRwiz101
(n.) - Professional and amateur news operations in print or online to identify misleading government lies or corporate product propaganda in order to raise public awareness of truthiness in the general population.
"Look, the only way we're going to turn this society into a better and more informed one is to push our counterpropaganda on the media just as hard as the forces of public manipulation do."
-- overheard at a watercooler in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2011
-- overheard at a watercooler in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2011
by PRwiz101 April 3, 2011
(n.) - a famous person, living or dead, who people often attribute quotes to, even though he or she might not have actually said the things they are quoted as saying; examples are Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Winston Churchill, among others.
"You know, Einstein is a real quote magnet. There are websites and blogs all over the Internet that attribute quotes to him that in some cases he never uttered or wrote. It's hard to know what's true and what's not!"
by PRwiz101 January 22, 2010
(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
-- overheard at a watercooler in a San Francisco office building on January 28, 2010
by PRwiz101 January 30, 2010
(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
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
-- overheard in a newsroom in Manhattan, March 12, 2010
by PRwiz101 March 30, 2010
(n.) - email letters and messages that appear in your dreams at night while sleeping, only to disappear into thin air upon waking
"Wow, last night I had a dream that I was emailing back and forth with Bill Gates, and he was replying to me, I couldn't believe it. And then I woke up and realized it was all just dream-mail."
-- "Overheard at a watercooler in a Seattle office building
-- "Overheard at a watercooler in a Seattle office building
by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009
"That guy over there is jabberwalking, and if he's not careful, he'll get run over by a car or a bus!"
-- overheard at a watercooler in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23, 2009
-- overheard at a watercooler in Taipei, Taiwan on July 23, 2009
by PRwiz101 July 28, 2009