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DEFINITION: v. To instinctively answer your cell phone ring, even when caught in a somewhat compromising position. n. The instinct to answer your phone

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Cellpulsion

Created by: newworldview

Pronunciation: sell-pull-shun

Sentence: His cellpulsion was so strong that he answered his phone in the middle of a root canal.

Etymology: Cell (phone) + compulsion

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Calldating

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kawl day ting

Sentence: George hated the fact that Lulu had that new feature on her phone, calldating. It meant that every time they had relations, she would answer every call. This was annoying, especially since their trysts only lasted an hour, until she had to handle her next client...

Etymology: Wordplay on Call-Waiting...Dating (having a steady, intimate relationship)

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Ringstinct

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: ring-stinked

Sentence: Honey, please try to fight your ringstinct in future. Or, you know, wait a few minutes.

Etymology: Ring (of phone) + Instinct = Ringstinct

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COMMENTS:

I thought about this exact word but decided against, still it gets my vote :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-14: 07:29:00

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Incalluntary

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: In-col-un-ta-ee

Sentence: It was such a turnoff when she incalluntarily answered her cell to find it was her mother who had called.

Etymology: Involuntary (instinctively, spontaneous) + call (a telephone communication)

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COMMENTS:

great word ziggy41 - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 11:34:00

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Pickall

Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: pik-all

Sentence: My boss is looking for a natural PICKALL to replace the receptionist whom he has just fired because he caught her polishing her fingernails unperturbed by the ringing phone.

Etymology: Pick + all + call

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Oughtoreply

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: auto ree ply

Sentence: No matter what (or who) he was doing that ringtone just triggered his oughtoreply button every time

Etymology: ought to reply, autoreply.

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I'm walking out the door with a smile on my face after this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 07:15:00

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Dependacell

Created by: fredm

Pronunciation: dee-pend-a-cell

Sentence: Every time that they would make out, she knew they would be interrupted by his dependacell need to find out what his mother wanted. His friends knew that they could call him day or night - he was so dependacell!

Etymology: to depend on your cell phone

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Communipulsion

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kuh-myoo-ni-puhl-shuhn

Sentence: The minister thought he must have really hit a nerve with his sermon when one of his parishioners jumped up with a shout and ran out of the church on Sunday. His ego was slightly deflated when he later learned that the member of his congregation had been a struck by communipulsion - a vibrating cell phone in her pocket and not his masterful words.

Etymology: communication (a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act) + compulsion (something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted)

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Ringstantresponsereflex

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: rrrrrrrring + stant like in instant + re like in Re: + sponse like spongebob minus gbob plus s + reflex like in relax.

Sentence: My Ringstantresponsereflex (short RiReRe) plus my catlike curiousity made grab the phone immediately - anytime, anyplace. I am on Ringstandby, you'll always get my Ringstandreply.

Etymology: Ring + instant + response + reflex.

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Technobliged

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: tĕk'nə-blī-jd'

Sentence: despite my incapacitated state, the presence of my fully charged cell phone made me technobliged to answer. What if someone needed help...? I was technobligated, at the very least, to provide some minimal assistance... given my access to communication.

Etymology: technology + obligate (To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. etc. etc.)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-18: 03:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-03: 00:22:00
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James