PRwiz101's definitions
(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
-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Manhattan, April 16, 2011
by PRwiz101 May 10, 2011
Get the typocreepmug. "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
-- overheard at a watercooler in a Madison Avenue advertising agency office, September 1, 2010
by PRwiz101 September 14, 2010
Get the frankenpapersmug. 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!"
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
Get the atomic typomug. (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
-- overheard at a water cooler in Manhattan on January 31, 2011
by PRwiz101 February 21, 2011
Get the ipapermug. (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
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper office in Los Angeles
by PRwiz101 November 7, 2010
Get the failpapersmug. 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
-- Overheard at a watercooler in a New York City office building
by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009
Get the Interfraymug. (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
-- overheard at a watercooler in a publisher's office in Manhattan, January 23, 2010
by PRwiz101 March 10, 2010
Get the screengrabbermug.