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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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Potty
Created by: jockeymo
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
? - stache, 2008-04-03: 01:36:00
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Telephonecellattack
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: te=le-fown-cel-la-tac
Sentence: help she is having a telephowncellatack
Etymology: its in the word
Cellophobia
Created by: mwgloe21
Pronunciation: Cell-O-Phobia
Sentence: Jane suffered from cellophobia when she went through a tunnel.
Etymology: cell, -phobia-fear of
Cellicitous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sel is it us
Sentence: Every time Jeanine's train came near a tunnel on her daily commutes, she was overwhelmed with that cellicitous feeling akin to panic. Her fear was that once she lost connection to whomever she was speaking, she would never regain it. Her doctor finally prescribed her with some phonazepam, as much to assist her with her attacks as to improve the quality of her fellow travellers commutes.
Etymology: Cell (cellular phone) & Solicitous (full of anxiety and concern)
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.
Ademophobia
Created by: Haydon
Pronunciation: A, Dem O, Phopia
Sentence: The fear of losing conention of others.
Etymology: A- without demo- people phobia- fear
Anite
Created by: Mclovin
Pronunciation: an.iht.
Sentence: i have anite. :)
Etymology: an-without ite-one connection too.
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
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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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)
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