PRwiz101's definitions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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