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DEFINITION: n. A person who immediately answers all cell phone calls, then chats on and on, leaving the people they're with, hanging. v. To answer your phone even when you are in the middle of another conversation.
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Callisinterruptus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kawl is inter rup tus
Sentence: Wendy was furious at her fiance Paul's poor manners. He always took phone calls when they were in the middle of something together, like a serious discussion and put her on hold until he was finished. The final straw was on their honeymoon, when at the most intimate moment, he answered a call and talked for ten minutes. She was really mad when she found out that the callisinterruptus was a poll company doing a survey about what he did to make his relationships more romantic!
Etymology: Call is (telephone connection is) & Interrupt us (interfere in someone else's activity)& play on Coitus Interruptus (contraceptive method)
Cellaphant
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: sell a phant
Sentence: Paul was the worst kind of cellaphant one could imagine, with a cell phone that seems to be sprouting from his ear.
Etymology:
Switchbore
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SWIHTSH-bohr
Sentence: Alex gave up on carrying on meaningful conversation with his friend, a real switchbore whose cellphone seemed to conveniently ring whenever Alex brought up a serious subject.
Etymology: switchboard (means of switching over telephone conversations) + bore (effect upon the person who got interrupted)
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COMMENTS:
You could also use boor as in someone with really bad manners. - petaj, 2007-04-05: 23:36:00
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Cellcentered
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: selsentər
Sentence: Joey is completely cellcentered. If his phone rings, he*s on it like a hawk on a mouse. It doesn*t matter what*s happening or who he*s with, the phone gets all his attention. It*s gotten to the point where his girlfriend called to break up with him despite the fact that they were in the same room. Of course she had to leave voicemail because he was already on a different call.
Etymology: Cell (a telephone with access to a cellular radio system) + centered (in the center) A play on self-centered
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COMMENTS:
Nice one - galwaywegian, 2009-10-22: 05:51:00
Joey will be cellibate now... - Nosila, 2009-10-23: 01:31:00
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Telinquent
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: te-LING-kwuh nt
Sentence: Bob had plans to made mega-bucks as a tele-salesman and, to hone his skills in being able to keeps several potential customers on the line for ages, he devised a game, called "Telinquency," engaging up to half a dozen friends and family members on the phone simultaneously. As expected, it was not long before this ting-a-ling telinquent, broke and friendless, was seeking professional help for his "hang-ups."
Etymology: TEL (telephone); TING-A-LING (linq)ELINQUENT(delinquent) :failing in what duty or behaviour requires; offending by neglect; guilty of a misdeed.
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COMMENTS:
how immature - he must have been a juvenile telinquent - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:10:00
He probably even used it while having a tinkle!nice word - galwaywegian, 2008-06-10: 16:57:00
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Cellovain
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: seləvān
Sentence: Bob’s love for his new phone is transparent. He is completely cellovain. He is such a servant to this electronic mistress that he will respond to its chirping at almost any time or place. The whole church was aghast when he stopped the proceedings of his wedding to take a call.
Etymology: cell (a telephone with access to a cellular radio system) + vain (having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth)
Cellfish
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sel-fish
Sentence: Todd's devotion to his smart phone is stupid. The way he flops from a real-world conversation to one form cyberspace shows he is just a cellfish.
Etymology: cell (short for cellular) + selfish (devoted to or caring only for oneself)
Cellphcentered
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: self/sen/turd
Sentence: Jack was so cellphcentered that he had his cell phone surgically attached to his ear
Etymology: cell phone + self centered ( really implies cell phone centered)
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COMMENTS:
Like the "ph" in the middle! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-05: 08:57:00
thanks Purple - I had actually thought of your word and was phrantically trying to come up with another - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-05: 14:43:00
I hate when that happens! Very phrustrating. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-05: 16:14:00
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Nophonetics
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: nofoneticks
Sentence: Mary's nophonetics meant that her firends got up and left the coffee shop without her.
Etymology: no - meaning haveing no phone - meaning hearing, particulary the mechanical hearing device uaed across distances ,abbreviation of telephone. ethics - moral guidelines
Socioratic
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: sō'sē-ō-răt'ĭk
Sentence: It's not like they're 'A.D.D.' or have trouble concentrating across the board. Only in social situations. They're very socioratic jumping from conversation partner to conversation partner.
Etymology: socio (social/society) + erratic (Having no fixed or regular course; wandering)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
pungineer - 2008-08-04: 07:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James