PRwiz101's definitions

Skypophobia

(n.) - a phobia relating to feeling very uncomfortable and uneasy if asked
to communicate with others using Skype and usually refusing do use it for this reason

"I just did my first Skype chat the other day, and I must say it felt
very uncomfortable and weird to me. I think I
probably suffer from Skypophobia, and for the most part I prefer
either direct telephone voice calls or emails. I'm Skypophobic."

by PRwiz101 January 22, 2014

masturbrake

(verb) - To start masturbating but stop just before orgasm in order to practice self-discipline and save cosmic energy for next time

"My college roomate was liked to masturbrake as a way of building up his inner karma, saying it had something
to do with something he read in an Indian guru's book."

by PRwiz101 February 7, 2014

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

app-rehension

(noun) -- A feeling that the software will lead to a disastrous loss of privacy down the road.

"The more I think about all these apps going around, the more I am filled with app-rehension."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on January 15, 2013

by PRwiz101 January 27, 2013

gliral

(n.) -- A combination of the words global and viral as a portmanteau word to mean a news story or a photograph that goes global and viral.

"Wow, that Lady Gaga video went gliral today, after news leaked out about who was really in it!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan on April 7, 2012

by PRwiz101 September 26, 2012

comentum

(n.) -- When two people share the same momentum in a foot race, bicycle race or political campaign

"Wow, Jack and Stephen are neck and neck and the race is hardly over. There is some real comentum out there on the track today, and there's no way to know who's going to win."

Overheard at a track and field event in California on January 15, 2012

by PRwiz101 February 7, 2012

fomentum

(n.) -- A state of existence reached when a gaggle of political candidates gather for a debate and ignore the issues, respond to questions without substance, preferring to bluster, posture and end the debate having done nothing other than denigrate each of the other politicians on stage.

"Did you see it? The South Carolina Republican debate last night produced new fomentum as the candidates berated each other and offered not a single substantive idea."

-- overheard at a watercooler in Raleigh, South Carolina, January 20, 2012

by PRwiz101 February 7, 2012