PRwiz101's definitions

m-tasking

(v.) - to do many things at once, such as talk on your cellphone, work on your computer, watch TV, listen to the stereo, etc., also known by its longer form of "multi-tasking"

"With my new iPhone and E-reader, I can be involved with m-tasking all day long, and I love it!"

-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco

by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009

cameo visibility

(n.) - The fact or state of something being at least visible in society, even if not everyone knows about it yet.

"You know, even if nobody has heard of my ideas for safer bike lanes yet, I hope that they can at least achieve a small degree of cameo visibility this century."

-- overheard at a watercooler at a national conference for
designers and inventors in San Francisco

by PRwiz101 January 17, 2011

grypo

(n.) -- a grammar mistake in a print newspaper or magazine or online publication

"I'm used to all the typos in the newspapers these days, but what
really irritates me is when I see a major grypo that neither the
editors nor the proofreaders caught! Whatever happened to correct grammar usage?"

overheard at a watercooler in a newspaper newsroom in Boston, January 23, 2011

by PRwiz101 May 20, 2011

incredulosity

(n.) -- An indistinct but generally high measure of incredulity.

"My disbelief rose beyond incredulity to an even higher degree of incredulosity."

-- overheard at a watercooler in an office building in Providence, Rhode Island, October 1, 2009

by PRwiz101 October 2, 2009

fartascious

Facts and information that are part of the information overload of every day life.

"We are so deluged with fact, fiction and fartascious stuff that perhaps we really do need a new word or a new method of sorting all the junk out from the stuff that matters to us individually."

-- Hulitoons on Museum of Hoaxes forum comment post, June 18, 2009.

by PRwiz101 June 20, 2009

eback

(n.) -- an e-book composed in or converted to a digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device; first there were hardbacks and paperbacks, now there are ebacks

"I just ordered Stephen King's latest novel in digital format. For me, an eback is just as a good as a paperback book, even better, because I can store it for use anytime anywhere and read it off a variety of screens."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a bookstore in Chicago on March 24, 2010

by PRwiz101 April 4, 2010

smudge magnet

(n.) -- A hi-tech tablet gadget like the iPad or the Kindle which whether nerdy-looking or sleek nevertheless becomes a smudge magnet during use at home or office.

"I love the entire concept of the iPad, but I am just worried it's going to become just another smudge magnet in my home."

-- overheard at a watercooler in a San Francisco office building on January 28, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 29, 2010