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DEFINITION: v., To call your cellphone when you have misplaced it, hoping that it will ring so that you can locate it. n., The sound of a lost cellphone.
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Phonamne
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I lost Katy Perry's phone and couldn't find it, so I called it and heard the phonamne!
Etymology: phon - sound, a, mne - to remember
Reconnaiscelling
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: re-con-nais-cel-ling
Sentence: Jerry lost his phone again... So began the daily reconnaiscelling mission.....
Etymology:
Vibraflinrin
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Vibe + Flin + Rin
Sentence: Alright bro, I'm gonna vibraflinrin my cell, so shut your mouth already!
Etymology: Vibrate + Fling + Ring
Awtellme
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: awe tell me
Sentence: listen I hit the awtellme button
Etymology:
Seafone
Created by: nhtbrink
Pronunciation: sea as in see, fone as in phone
Sentence: I'll try a seafone, perhaps I'll find it that way
Etymology:
Amnegon
Created by: YourEnglishPal
Pronunciation: nope
Sentence: Finding this cell phone will be an amnegon...
Etymology: MNE- to remember Agon- Struggle "Struggle to remember"
Amneing
Created by: scaredboy617
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's hard amneing where I put my phone.
Etymology: The act of remembering.
Cryptomim
Created by: arandomperson97
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His phone was missing so he called it hoping to hear the ringtone.
Etymology: crypt-hidden o-song mim-to imitate
Selfphone
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: self-fone
Sentence: When rummaging through the dirty laundry, garbage, and refrigerator didn't work, Bob tried to selfphone his number in the hope that he could hear his lost phone.
Etymology: cel phone, self
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COMMENTS:
I dig it. - dubld, 2007-11-09: 09:40:00
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Denialtone
Created by: cysglyd
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Calling the missing mobile gained him nothing but a plaintive denialtone.
Etymology: dialtone, denial
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James