PRwiz101's definitions

Jewmentum

(n.) -- the inner confidence of a Jewish person to persevere against all odds and come out with a successful outcome, no matter what the endeavor is, big or small.

"Oh, I know the odds are against me, but I really want to try my hand at writing a novel, and I'm hoping my Jewmentum will carry me through to the end. It's a dream I have had since high school, to be a novelist!"

by PRwiz101 March 17, 2012

typocreep

(c.) -- The increasing number of keyboarding errors (called typos) that find their way into print newspaper stories and online articles and blogs.

"It seems as if nobody proofreads their blogs or news articles anymore. This typocreep is beginning to get out of hand!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Manhattan, April 16, 2011

by PRwiz101 May 10, 2011

captcha coincidence

(n.) - When the two words you type in to a CAPTCHA anti-SPAM window -- in order to let the comment section know that you are not an auto-spammer -- have an amazingly real or ironic connection to the theme of the topic you were commenting on.

"Wow, what a coincidence! I was posting a comment about Rush Limbaugh on a website, and I had to type in two words to get past the CAPTCHA anti-SPAM system and the two words the system gave me were were 'connection' and 'hellish'. What an amazing captcha coincidence, huh!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in an office complex in Mountain View, California

by PRwiz101 October 13, 2009

frankenpapers

(n.) -- digital newspapers that replace print newspapers

"As more and more print newspapers go digital and stop being printed on paper, I worry that these digital frankenpapers might turn into little monsters."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a Madison Avenue advertising agency office, September 1, 2010

by PRwiz101 September 14, 2010

ipaper

(n.) - A daily newspaper delivered to an iPad and read on a screen; also applies to daily digital newspapers delivered to and read on other types of tablet devices.

"I used to start my days off with the old trusty print newspaper at the breakfast table, but now I'm addicted to reading the ipaper at our kitchen table. I get the news on my clean screen, and I also get a lot of links to other sites. It's a whole new ballgame!"

-- overheard at a water cooler in Manhattan on January 31, 2011

by PRwiz101 February 21, 2011

atomic typo

A typo (one-letter keyboarding mistake, typewriter mistake) that the spell-check function cannot pick up because the word is spelled correctly -- although not for the word you wanted to key in. They are called "atomic typos" because the change of just one letter completely changes the word, although it remains spelled correctly in terms of the spell check function

Examples:

Chris, instead of Christ
war, instead of was
bite, instead of byte
massage, instead of message

Quote: "Wow, the newspaper had an atomic typo on the front page, the writer meant to say "message" but what appeared in the article was "massage". Oops! That's a real atomic typo, and there's very little one can do to stop them!"

by PRwiz101 May 15, 2009

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