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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.
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Igmobilephobia
Created by: sjacksonnnn4
Pronunciation: Igg-Mobile-Fobia
Sentence: igmobilephobia has gotten the best of me, i need to get out of these mountains!
Etymology: ig- without, mobile, phobia- fear
Cellohpain
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sell-oh-pane
Sentence: Passing through the cellyouvoid tunnel, Sue's cellohpain was plainly written on the furrowed lines of her face.
Etymology: cell (phone), oh, pain
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-03: 13:01:00
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Distelephobia
Created by: lauram22
Pronunciation: dis-tell-eh-fo-b-ia
Sentence: Jenny was overcome with distelephobia when she couldn't find her cell phone
Etymology: dis- lost tele- phone phobia- fear of
Potty
Created by: jockeymo
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COMMENTS:
? - stache, 2008-04-03: 01:36:00
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Deringed
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: dee - ring - d
Sentence: Cindy became positively deringed when her cell phone lost power during the thunderstorm.
Etymology: deranged, ring (as in phone call)
Ipanic
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: eye-panic
Sentence: Demetri began to iPanic as the power bled dry from his iPhone in the middle of an Angry Birds battle.
Etymology: i - apple prefix for everything; panic - to panic
Blackberror
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: BLACK-bare-er
Sentence: It wasn't bad enough that Gwen was running late for the meeting, but all hell broke loose when she suffered another BlackBerror and wasn't able to find out that the location had changed.
Etymology: BlackBerry + Error
Mobilegroan
Created by: Kazizzle
Pronunciation: moh/bull/grown
Sentence: Denise released a loud mobilegroan when she realized her cell phone didn't get service in Europe.
Etymology: "Mobile phone" - a portable telephone and "Groan" - a low, guttural sound of frustration.
Anite
Created by: Mclovin
Pronunciation: an.iht.
Sentence: i have anite. :)
Etymology: an-without ite-one connection too.
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