Verboticisms

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.

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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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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.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: noh key add ik shun

Sentence: his nokiaddiction proved even stronger than his nookieaddiction

Etymology: nokia addiction

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: AW-toh-MAT-n-neyt / aw-TOM-uh-tuh-neyt (obsc.)

Sentence: Chris automatonates for anyone, including his mother-in-law. He doesn't bother to quelltone anymore, or even put it into vibernation. It's become his ringtonus.

Etymology: automaton (robot) + intonate (speak with a particular tone)

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Created by: Carria

Pronunciation:

Sentence: My boner was replaced with a phoner

Etymology: Phone + Boner

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Created by: grasshopper

Pronunciation: compro-instinctive-ring-obsession

Sentence: I was diagnosed with comproinstinctivringobsession and all my phone were taken away at the intervention.

Etymology:

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ree/flex/sell/e/gee

Sentence: Her reflexcellegy was so finely tuned that she would respond to ringtones under any circumstances, even when scuba diving

Etymology: reflex + cell + reflexology (practice of stimulating nerves on the feet, hands and ears)

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COMMENTS:

reflexcellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 06:37:00

Operator, well could you help me place this call? See, I'm under water and my cell phone's hazy. (Consider yourself Croce'd, Jabber!!) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-18: 10:24:00

BTW, great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-18: 10:26:00

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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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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: self/pose/essed

Sentence: She was so cellfpossessed that she had to pick up her calls immediately

Etymology: cell + selfpossessed + possessed

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