PRwiz101's definitions

I've been Romenesko'd

When Jim Romenesko's news industry blog mentions your name or your newspaper's name with a link to your website.

"Wow, Jim Romenesko linked to my oped piece in the Times today, first time that ever happened! Can't wait to tell my friends that I've been Romenesko'd."

-- overheard in a newsroom in Manhattan, March 12, 2010

by PRwiz101 March 30, 2010

scrapblog

(n.) - a highly-personal blog, often for invited readers only, that is more like a scrapbook than a normal blog.

"Yeh, I have a blog, but it's more of a scrapblog than a blog, because it's mostly just photos and links and quotes I like to collect, just for my own use. It's like a scrapbook on a blog platform, that's all, so I call it my scrapblog!"

-- Overheard at a watercooler in Big Spring, Texas on January 5, 2010

by PRwiz101 January 15, 2010

vidnapped

(v). -- to be the victim of someone using their cellphone camera to take video of you in a public setting where you
do something unbecoming and then see the video released online and go viral, without your permission or consent

"I am so upset. Last weekend, some people in the park vidnapped me when I was having an angry meltdown over

some issue and they released the video online and it went viral. I am so embarrassed!"

by PRwiz101 January 5, 2014

undercleavage

(n.) - The bottom parts of a woman's breasts below the nipples that are visible the bottom of a very short midriff shirt or t-shirt that covers the top of her breasts.

"If that's not a deliberate display of undercleavage on that model in the Vogue photo, I don't know what is!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Los Angeles

by PRwiz101 October 17, 2009

bachelor pad

A Japanese futon for one.

"I got a nice studio apartment now in the Village, and it's not only a cool bachelor pad, but I also sleep ON my very cool bachelor pad every night."

-- Posted on a Tokyo bulletin board in Ikebukuro, July 2, 2009

by PRwiz101 July 4, 2009

screeny

Textual content that's written
and formatted to work on a computer screen or E-reader

"The problem, then, isn't that screens aren't sharp enough to read novels off of. The problem is that novels aren't screeny enough to warrant protracted, regular reading on screens. "

Cory Doctorow, in an article titled "You Do Like Reading Off a Computer Screen" -- (Locus Magazine, March 2007)

by PRwiz101 July 22, 2009

Bindle

A bound book made from paper with a front cover and a back cover and anywhere from 100 to 300 pages inside, printed on paper and to be read on a comfortable chair at one's leisure.

"I hate reading e-books on a Kindle. Give me a real Bindle anyday!"

-- Overheard at water cooler at a bookstore in Manhattan in June 2009.

by PRwiz101 August 4, 2009