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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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Callflex
Created by: surfstang
Pronunciation: call/flex
Sentence: I was busy but callflex got the better of me and I answered the call.
Etymology: call + reflex
Nonookia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nōnoŏkēə
Sentence: Joan refers to Robert*s cell phone as his nonookia. It is his lifeline to the outside world. No matter what time of day or night it rings, it is up to his ear and intimacy is over. His ringtone of Satisfaction (I can*t get no...) isn*t helping the situation.
Etymology: no (not any) + nooky (sexual activity or intercourse) + Nokia (a popular brand of cell phone)
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2009-12-03: 18:28:00
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Hellololic
Created by: treyb
Pronunciation: Hell-low-lawl-lick
Sentence: That Sandra is such a hellololic, she answered her phone right in the middle of the movie.
Etymology:
Cellavery
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sell ay veree
Sentence: Rosie could never resist that siren's call, her cell phone. When that mechanical song rang, she forgot all else in her haste to avoid missing an important call. She was in fact endentured to cellavery, even when entwined with another person. She had lost many a fond young lover to her compulsion, as few could compete with her encellavement. Especially since her ringtone played "Hit the road, Jack". She needed a he-mancipator to re-charge her love battery before it was too late...
Etymology: Cell (cellular phone) and sounds like Slavery ( the state of being under the control of another person or thing or force)
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
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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Cellusinterruptus
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: cell-us-inter-rupt-us
Sentence: My cellphone rings and it's cellusinterruptus again. "Let's just ignore it," he whispers; but it's too late. "What if it's the babysitter?" "What if there's a problem or the baby's sick?" "What if Susan's had a car accident?" "What if Timmy's fallen down a well?" "What if I just give up and watch TV?" he says, and storms out of the room.
Etymology: cell: cell phone + interrupt: prevent or disturb + us -- wordplay on coitus interruptus: self-withdrawal during lovemaking
Ringstinct
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: ring-stinct
Sentence: Jill interrupted a passionate kiss as her ringstinct kicked in, fumbling for the phone, she tells her man to hold the thought and they can resume the kiss as soon as she gets off the phone.
Etymology: ring/instinct
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COMMENTS:
clever! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 07:27:00
Jill should have read the ringstructions and set up her voicemail - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 10:48:00
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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.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James