newspipe

(n.) - A news platform on the Internet that replaces the traditional daily newspaper on newsprint.

"Newspapers are so yesterday, and they are destined to go the way of the dodo. The newspipe will replace the newspaper, and life will go on with no loss of life or limb, just a few adjustments here and there. I believe the future lies in newspipes, the lovely variety of them all!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in the New York Times building on March 27, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 10, 2010

nooking

To read a book on a sleek, light e-reader device called a Nook and marketed by Barnes & Noble.

"Sorry, I can't talk to you now honey, I'm nooking the new Dan Brown book on my Nook and I just can't put it down!"

by PRwiz101 October 24, 2009

trollumist

(n.) -- A writer or blogger who "trolls" in a multichannel, multimedia environment, trying to bait readers into a reaction that editors want to generate.

"You know, a true newspaper columnist might make controversial arguments or challenge common sense, but a trollumist merely provokes outrage in order to sell papers, draw links and capture increasingly scarce reader attention. I'm sick of them!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Sydney, Australia, November 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 02, 2009

Taiwan stop

v. To fail to stop at a red light at night in Taiwan, even though the red light does signify "stop".

"After I went through the red light at night, I got ticketed for a Taiwan stop."

by PRwiz101 April 07, 2009

word of blog

When news travels fast around the blogosphere, it is called "word of blog". See "word of mouth".

"Ever since I put up my video on YouTube, the news has been travelling around the Internet by word of blog!"

-- A student at Tufts University, March 15, 2009

by PRwiz101 March 31, 2009

putz

A small town in southern Taiwan, known as Putzu in Mandarin but written as Putz in English on several highway road signs.

Putz General Hospital is how the English language sign on a website spells it.

by PRwiz101 July 02, 2005

news karaoke artist

(n.) - Someone who posts on blogs and social networks just to spin other people's more substantial and professional news reports and ideas.

"You know, the blogosphere is now full of so many people who set themselves up as a news karaoke artist, when in fact all they are doing is spinning someone else's commentary. Singing someone else's song. I hate what the Internet is becoming!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Arlington, Virginia on November 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 November 03, 2009