PRwiz101's definitions

crash blossoms

(n.) -- a neologism for infelicitously-worded newspaper headlines which at first reading seem to mean one thing but upon second reading mean something completely different; often hard to figure out at first; called "crash blossoms" because one specific headline from a newspaper used the two words -- "crash blossoms" -- in a confusing way

Japan Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms

by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009

magapaper

(n.) - An online newspaper which borrows from the magazine industry and shifts to magazine-style writing, design and shorter bites of
information to suit today’s headline-glancing reader.

You know, I like reading my daily newspaper online, but I also like these new magapaper news sites, which are a kind of cross between a newspaper and a magazine. Cool!

by PRwiz101 January 24, 2011

m-tasking

(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

by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009

cameo visibility

(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

by PRwiz101 January 17, 2011

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

manpanion

(n.) - The male companion of a woman friend

"Last December, my male companion (can I say manpanion?) took me to a
performance of the New York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker "as an early
Christmas gift. I had a great time, too!"

-- heard at a watercooler in Brooklyn on January 3, 2012

by PRwiz101 January 10, 2012

eye-mail

(n.) - Visually-pleasing email messages and letters that arrive in your inbox with vibrantly-colored backgrounds and icons.

"Most of my incoming email is boring black-and-white messages, but every once in a while, someone sends me some really cool eye-mail, and I love it!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler at the San Francisco Art Institute

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009