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'Sure, I'd love to talk...'

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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Phoneaholics

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: phoneaholic

Sentence: I like to phone, i am an phoneaholic

Etymology: aholic ans phone.

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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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Decellerate

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: dee CELL er ate

Sentence: Meetings with my boss are a giant pain in the neck and take way too long, because he always manages to decellerate the meeting at least once by answering his cell phone while we are meeting. And everyone is trapped just sitting there because he does the "wait a minute sign" with his index finger throughout the call. Sometimes he even decellerates things further by placing a call and then holding a three-way phone conversation about other business!

Etymology: cell + decelerate

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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:

petaj You could also use boor as in someone with really bad manners. - petaj, 2007-04-05: 23:36:00

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Phonadict

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: fone ad ict

Sentence: peter was a complete phonadict, he always put the phone call before anyone else.

Etymology: from phone and addict.

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Communicashun

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Com-u-nic-ay-shun

Sentence: Joe drove his friends mad whenever he received a call on his cell phone, as he would always communicashun them and proceed to talk for ages to the person on the other end of the line. Eventually most of them started to take great exception to this and decided to 'disconnect' their friendship!

Etymology: Communication (to share or exchange information or ideas) Origin Latin communicare 'to share'. + Shun (avoid, ignore or reject)Origin Old English abhor. = Communicashun

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COMMENTS:

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:13:00

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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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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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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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Cellectivehearing

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: sell/ec/tiv/hearing

Sentence: Cellectivehearing is a modern pandemic.

Etymology: selective hearing + cell

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COMMENTS:

You are so right! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:18:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-05: 04:30:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James

pungineer - 2008-08-04: 07:15:00

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-22: 03:35:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James