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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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Ringstant
Created by: oren22
Pronunciation: ring as in ring stant- like in instant
Sentence:
Etymology:
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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COMMENTS:
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
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
Cellborg
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sell/borg
Sentence: We are a society of cellborgs, rudely leaving a live face to face conversation to answer on the cue of a fashionable ringtone our cyber aquaintances.
Etymology: cell - (cell phone) + cyborg (a person whose physiological functioning is aided by, or dependent upon a mechanical, or electronic device)
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COMMENTS:
Good word. I too have joined the collective... - whipspeak, 2009-12-03: 18:46:00
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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
Phobsession
Created by: DaddiezGyrl
Pronunciation: fo-b-session
Sentence: It was his case of phobsession that made him answer the phone while they were making love.
Etymology: combo of phone+obsession
Callpulation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kal pul ay shun
Sentence: The scene was set. Soft music, candles, champagne, oysters, a luxurious hotel suite. They were passionately entwined. They barely knew each other, but they were well on their way to changing that. Just when things were getting very hot and heavy, she could not resist the callpulation. Her cell was singing out the message that always got her attention, "I'm so excited...". She could not resist and just had to answer. "Yeah, we'll be done in five, Rudy, where's my next trick?" At that point, her bedmate knew that although he ate a dozen oysters, only 6 of them were going to work tonight!
Etymology: Call (a telephone connection) & Pull (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes) & Copulation (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James