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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.
Verboticisms
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Cellomanic
Created by: Cilly
Pronunciation: sel-o-MA-nic
Sentence: Woah. That chick's lookin' really cellomanic. Hopefully it won't be too long 'til we're outta here or she's gonna need help.
Etymology: [self explanatory]
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-04-03: 19:01:00
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Fatalmobia
Created by: ziggy
Pronunciation: fay-tal-mo-bia
Sentence: A panic arising from the threat of imminent disconnection whilst holding a conversation on your cell phone.
Etymology: fatal-dead mo-mobile bia-from phobia
Motorolapse
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: motor/olapse
Sentence: He had a motorolapse and could only be revived by loud ringtones.
Etymology: motorola + lapse
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-03: 18:46:00
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Discellusionment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dis/sell/oo/shun/ment
Sentence: Cathy froze in a state of complete discellusionment when her cellphone disconnected. The experience was so shocking that she remained cellibate forever after.
Etymology: disillusionment + cell + lose
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COMMENTS:
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-04: 04:54:00
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Breakupphobia
Created by: LARRYHOOVER
Pronunciation: brak-ahup-fo-be-ah
Sentence: i have breakuphobia with my women when were on the phone and i have bad service (Verizon :p) #attalltheway
Etymology: breakup-self explanatory phobia-scared
Cellxiety
Created by: Lauren19
Pronunciation: cell-ex-ziedy
Sentence: The woman has major cellxiety and couldn't let anything happen to her phone. She could not part from it.
Etymology: cell- mobile device exiety- to keep at all times.
Celladdict
Created by: stephboo43
Pronunciation: cell-add-ict
Sentence: she is such a celladdict, she can't go 5 minutes without cell phone service.
Etymology:
Antivocaphobia
Created by: ttime77
Pronunciation: an-tie-voke-a-fobe-e-a
Sentence: the woman that was very excited about the conversation that was being held on her phone. When the train she was on went into a tunnel, her phone lost service thus she was diagnosed with antivocaphobia.
Etymology: anti- not voc- to call phobia- to be afraid of
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COMMENTS:
this word sucks.. - sjacksonnnn4, 2011-10-26: 15:15:00
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Comments:
stache - 2008-04-03: 01:35:00
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stache - 2008-04-03: 01:37:00
to whom is credit for the definition owed, james?
Ah... Actually I made it up! Cheers ~ James
stache - 2008-04-03: 18:47:00
way to go.
holy smokes, half the universe gave a verboticism