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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
Verboticisms
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Cellofanting
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: sel-O-fean-ting
Sentence: At the cellofan convention everyone was present; cellofanatics and cellofantologist to discuss issues of cellofanitis.
Etymology: cell +fanatic
Autospond
Created by: BuenoCabra
Pronunciation: (AW-toh-spond)
Sentence: I hear my ring so often that whenever Beyonce's new song comes on the radio, I totally autospond.
Etymology: From "auto," short for automatic and "respond," meaning to react or answer.
Copumobilate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kop - u - mobe - ill - aet
Sentence: Jessica was often known to "kill two birds with one stone". She did not have time for Jerry and she needed to take phone calls from her law practice. Her solution was to copumobilate; that is talk on the phone while being intimate with Jerry.
Etymology: copulate, mobile
Cellobsess
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: sell-ob-sess
Sentence: My friend is cellobsessed because she always takes her phone into the washroom with her.
Etymology: cell (as in cell phone) obsess (to be preocupied or controlled by)
Pickupulsion
Created by: lwoodsky
Pronunciation: pik-uh-PUL-shun
Sentence: The stark echo confirms that Jane's pickupulsion extended even to the loo.
Etymology: archaic 20th cent Eng. v. to answer a ringing phone; to lift or pick up the receiver in order to respond to a phone call; + [comp]ulsion: loss of choice or control in a personal decision, usually as a result of obsession
Ringclination
Created by: Kirubeza
Pronunciation: Ring-klihn-ay-shun
Sentence: Dorothy's ringclination was so powerful that not even being in bed with her best friend Jemma's husband could stop her answering the call - even with it being Jemma on the line.
Etymology: RING - to call someone up by telephone. INCLINATION - the predisposition to do something.
Ringannoplay
Created by: angelheart
Pronunciation: Ring-an-no-play
Sentence: "Answer that and it's ringannoplay"
Etymology:
Celladdiction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SELL-eh-dik-shun
Sentence: Harold has what amounts to a celladdiction, an irresistible instinct to answer calls on his cell phone, no matter the time of day or activity he might be engaged in, even including romantic interludes.
Etymology: Blend of words 'cell' (for cell phone) and 'addiction' (n. the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming)
Blewcouth
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bloo-kooth
Sentence: Sue knew that Bob was cellfish, but when he committed blewcouth in bed - that was the last straw.
Etymology: bluetooth, couth, whoops I "blew" it.
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COMMENTS:
Also the past tense of blow!... - petaj, 2007-05-18: 06:43:00
Blewcouth You saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a cell of my own (aha - now you've been Sinatra'd Purple) - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 09:43:00
Verbitch. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-18: 10:15:00
ouch!! I think verbich is verboten - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 10:20:00
hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-18: 10:24:00
Bluecouth of Kentucky, keep on ringing,
Ring the one that's gone and left me blue.
- petaj, 2007-05-18: 19:59:00
Hey! Who declared it Pick on Purple week? I'm telling Verbmommy! I'm taking my toys and going home now... home, where my thought's escaping, home, where my music's playing, home, where my love lies waiting... ack! I just garfunkled myself. - toadstool57, 2007-05-19: 06:04:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James