PRwiz101's definitions

Interati

The literati and glitterati of the Internet set; the top movers and shakers of the Internet industry

"Whatever the Interati think of the new search engine introduced last week, the real test will come when the public decides its worth."

-- Overheard in a newspaper office in Los Angeles where editors were discussing how to write an editorial about a new search engine that was still searching for fans.

by PRwiz101 June 2, 2009

chyron

(n.) - television graphics that occupy the lower area of a TV screen, originally coined by the Chyron Corporation which develops and manufactures on-screen graphics; now a commonly-used term for such graphics on TV broadcasts worldwide

"I hate it when the chyron is spelled wrong or contains a grammatical mistake. I often see such chyron mistakes on CNN. Sometimes I think the guys who run the TV control rooms can't spell!"

by PRwiz101 April 4, 2010

Avauntcular

(adj.) Once a woman reaches middle age and her formerly remarkable and youthful good looks have completely lost their edge, she develops an air of such utter harmlessness that she is no longer attractive to men. A woman is described as "avuncular" when she stops looking like a sexual entity and starts looking like her Aunt Betty.

"At my age, with my looks going into their middle-aged stretch, my nieces and nephews now look at me with wonder and refer to me as their 'avauntcular' auntie. I love it!"

-- Overheard when two middle-aged women were chatting near a watercooler at their office on Madison Avenue in New York

by PRwiz101 August 27, 2009

the overprivileged class

(n.) -- Those people in any society who are at a huge economic, cultural or moral advantage based on social constructs, ascribed status and/or nationality.

We always hear about the underprivileged class -- those people who have little money and have to struggle all their lives -- but we seldom hear about the overprivileged class: those who have too much money and never have to struggle at all.

by PRwiz101 February 20, 2011

dream-mail

(n.) - email letters and messages that appear in your dreams at night while sleeping, only to disappear into thin air upon waking

"Wow, last night I had a dream that I was emailing back and forth with Bill Gates, and he was replying to me, I couldn't believe it. And then I woke up and realized it was all just dream-mail."

-- "Overheard at a watercooler in a Seattle office building

by PRwiz101 September 1, 2009

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 3, 2009

masturbrake

(verb) - To start masturbating but stop just before orgasm in order to practice self-discipline and save cosmic energy for next time

"My college roomate was liked to masturbrake as a way of building up his inner karma, saying it had something
to do with something he read in an Indian guru's book."

by PRwiz101 February 7, 2014