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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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Junkia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: junn keee ya
Sentence: Her only way to sustain the relationship with this junkia was to call him up while they dated. There they would sit on the abandoned beach holding hands, while talking to each other on their mobiles.
Etymology: nokia, junkie
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:11:00
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:17:00
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Rudecell
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: rood-sel
Sentence: Penelope was so shocked to discover that Chad was a rudecell, she couldn't believe she had read him wrong.
Etymology: rude + cell (phone)
Cellabate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sell a bayt
Sentence: Rita thought it rude when Fritz interrupted their discussions by answering all his cellphone calls and chatting for ages, ignoring her. Fritz was always on the phone instead of the phone being on the Fritz. She told him that if he could not cellabate, then he would become celibate.
Etymology: Cell (handheld portable telephone) & Abate (become less in amount or intensity) & Wordplay on Celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
Ruceller
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: roo-sell-er
Sentence: It is hard to go to dinner with Bob because he is a "ruceller."
Etymology: rude + cell + er = ruceller
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like there was lot's of chatting at the dinner. Unfortunately, you weren't part of the conversation - wordmeister, 2008-06-10: 14:36:00
Nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:12:00
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Chatterat
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: cha-ter-rat
Sentence: He was a complete chatterat even in movie theaters, so I put a mousetrap on his cellpone and the cat got his tongue
Etymology: chat+rat
Cellut
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Sslut
Sentence: Ferdinand had impeccable table manners, he held the door open for old ladies crossing the street and even coughed to mask his flatulence, however when it came to mobile communication his etiquette was in the gutter. At the merest quiver of his cellular telephone, regardless of how deep in conversation he was in with the esteemed friend or colleague right in front of him he pounced on his oral interaction device and started gabbling frivolous nonsense. He was without doubt a most terrible cellut.
Etymology: Cell+Slut = Cellut
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COMMENTS:
Good Word...they should investigate what's at the root of this phenomena...you know some cell stem research! - Nosila, 2008-06-10: 20:51:00
Wow I only just realised i got one - i've been the phone!! - pungineer, 2008-08-04: 07:18:00
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Cellout
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cell/out
Sentence: Brian's rudeness was abounding. Whenever he got a call, he would cellout, totally ignoring the person he was with. Cellout behaviour is the twenty-first century's virtual slap in the face. Cellout is uncivil, uncultured, boorish, tasteless, insensitive, disrespectful, ill-mannered, loutish, discourteous and just damn plain rude and impolite.
Etymology: cell + sell out
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COMMENTS:
Something tells me that you have an "issue" with this type of... Oh! Excuse me my cell's singing... - wordmeister, 2007-04-05: 13:56:00
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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)
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