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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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Attdd
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: A T n T D D
Sentence: She couldn't believe that in the middle of her "mother doesn't love me" story he would allow his ATTDD to pull his attention away from her to the car insurance telemarketer..."You say I can save up to 47% on my car insurance, no! Wait does that also mean I could pay more?"
Etymology: AT&T - ADD Not a true word, but 1/2 credit ish?
Cellwhipped
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: sell-wip-t
Sentence: "Doug is cellwhipped. He can never just let a call go to voice mail. How rude!"
Etymology: cell, as in cellphone and whip
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
Phoneaholics
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: phoneaholic
Sentence: I like to phone, i am an phoneaholic
Etymology: aholic ans phone.
Recepshunned
Created by: Erikv
Pronunciation: Re sep shund
Sentence: Julie was enjoying their time together in the mountains but reality rushed back when they returned to civilization and the calls caused her to be immediately recepshunned.
Etymology: reception plus shunned
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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Celluloner
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: cell - you - loner
Sentence: The best thing you can do in your life: stay away from celluloners.
Etymology: cellular phone + loner = celluloner.
Telecommunicashunsexpert
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tell-ee-cuh-myoo-knee-cay-shuns-ex-pert
Sentence: the first time he answered the phone she figured it must be important... but by the fourth phone call she realised he was a telecommunicashunsexpert
Etymology: telecommunications expert, shun
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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Cellibate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sell a bet
Sentence: Anthony soon learned the hard way that when you answer your cell phone, gab to the other party for ages and leave your wife ignored, you will very soon become cellibate! Yes, the only sex you will have is phone sex.
Etymology: Cell (phone) & Celibate ( abstaining from sexual intercourse)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant :) - galwaywegian, 2011-03-11: 03:31:00
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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