PRwiz101's definitions

marmalade dropper

(n.) - A news story so bizarre it makes you drop the marmalade when you are reading the newspaper or news on your iPad tablet at breakfast.

"Wow, the story about that guy embezzling all the money right in front of his co-workers' eyes is an amazing marmalade dropper. How come nobody noticed?"

-- overheard at a water cooler in a Manhattan office building, January 25, 2011

by PRwiz101 March 13, 2011

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

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

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

PRfie

(n.) - a selfie that was actually a public relations stunt set up by a PR operative

"You know that selfie that Ortiz said he took with Obama? Turns out it was really just a PRfie set up by his Samsung team."

-- overheard at a watercooler at MIT in Boston, April 3, 2014

by PRwiz101 May 18, 2014

slogger

(n.) - A blogger who blogs only once or twice a year.

"I like blogging, and I read lots of blogs, but when it comes to actually writing my own posts, well, I think I am more of a slogger than a blogger. My blogging career has been one long slog."

overheard at a watercooler in Manhattan, September 7, 2011

by PRwiz101 September 8, 2011