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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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Cellphonia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sell - FONE - ya
Sentence: The thought of not having contact with the 'outside' world for even a minute or two would cause Daphne to have fits of cellphonia bordering on outright hysteria.
Etymology: Blend of cell phone with phobia OR paranoia.
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COMMENTS:
And, dyspnonia, which is Diane Rehm's affliction. - stache, 2008-04-03: 18:48:00
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Cellyoufrightus
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sell ewe freye tusss
Sentence: she had all the symptoms of cellyoufrightus, red face, hyperventilation, itchy finger and tunnel vision. They all cleared up once the train left the tunnel.
Etymology: cellulitus cell you fright us
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COMMENTS:
she should have remained cellyoubate! - Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:55:00
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Cellyell
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sel yel
Sentence: Pansy would always have a cellyell when the train went into the tunnel and suspended her connection.
Etymology: Cell (cellular phone) & Yell (shout,cry)
Potty
Created by: jockeymo
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
? - stache, 2008-04-03: 01:36:00
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Loconnection
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: lo-co-neck-shun
Sentence: Debbie was having a peaceful morning until she realized that she forgot to charge her cell phone. She went into a fit of pure loconnection as she panicked over not being able to send texts or make calls for the 2 hours while it charged.
Etymology: loco - spanish for crazy + connection also it is pronounced as "low connection" which could also set off a wave of panic in the cellular dependent
Appattack
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ap-ah-tak
Sentence: When her Iphone failed for reasons beyond her ability to discern, Muriel had a major appattack from losing her connection to Facebook, GPS and other services.
Etymology: Blend of 'app' (software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks) and 'attack' (a period of being strongly affected by something (as a desire or mood)
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
Telephonecellattack
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: te=le-fown-cel-la-tac
Sentence: help she is having a telephowncellatack
Etymology: its in the word
Ultracelloc
Created by: EBalser
Pronunciation: Ultra-sell-lock
Sentence: I was ultracelloc when i lost service while driving to school.
Etymology: ultra-extreme cell-cell phone loc-place A place of extreme cell phone stress.
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