Verboticisms

Created by: zacharyalanstewart

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: comune-no-wait

Sentence: Her boyfriend gets mad because she always commmunowaits during intimate moments.

Etymology: from communicate + no wait

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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)

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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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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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Created by: greytellie

Pronunciation: eer-jurk

Sentence: I know I should ignore my cell while snogging my studlicious boyfriend, but it is an earjerk reaction!

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Looks like we're thinking along the same lines this time. - ErWenn, 2007-05-18: 22:35:00

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Created by: rockchic101

Pronunciation: insta-action

Sentence: The phone rang, so his gut instaction was to answer.

Etymology: combination of instant and reaction

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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

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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: Scattercat

Pronunciation: SEHL-ih-bayt

Sentence: After the third time in a month that the relationship ended after the third date, Tom realized that it might be his cellibacy that was the problem.

Etymology: Cell, for cell phone Celibate, a word which means practicing a lifestyle devoid of sexual contact, such as might be expected of someone who habitually answers their phone in the midst of coitus.

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