PRwiz101's definitions

screengrabber

(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

by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010

amafessional

(n.) - a blogger or news reporter (from the amateur/professional hybrid to the pajama professional) who works at home rather than in the newsroom, the studio or the office.

"With the changing landscape of the blogosphere, more and more people are opting to become an amafessional and blog from home."

Overheard at a watercooler in Mountain View, California on October 28, 2009.

by PRwiz101 October 29, 2009

the CD

(n.) -- The constant din of modern life, where our
tech gadgets are always on and always bringing us closer to ''the constant din" of 21st Century life.

"Man, if there's one thing about life in the big city that I can't stand, it's the CD, the constant constant din! I mean, this city never sleeps! It's crazy!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, December 21, 2011

by PRwiz101 January 2, 2012

stoopid

(adj.) -- The act of being stupid, but more in the way of being foolish than being really stupid.

"Hey, don't be so stoopid, Danny! What were you thinking, driving with your eyes closed like that!"

by PRwiz101 November 2, 2009

failpapers

(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

by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010

Interfray

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

by PRwiz101 June 2, 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