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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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Cellibrat

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sell - uh - brat

Sentence: Alexander has always been a cellibrat, rudely leaving friends and even his fiancée, Belle, hanging while he chatted aimlessly with pals about sports, cars, or even other women.

Etymology: Blend of cell and brat, play on the word 'celibrate'.

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COMMENTS:

if he keeps it up he may end up cellibat - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:34:00

or the cellibut of a joke! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-10: 16:58:00

Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:10:00

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Mobiloser

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: mobile + oozer

Sentence: Stupid mobilosers, answering their phones while we're eating dinner.

Etymology: mobile + loser

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Fullbarsbaric

playdohheart

Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: full-bars-bare-ic

Sentence: It's really quite fullbarsbaric of you to talk to your ex girlfriend on the phone while you already have perfect reception with me in person!

Etymology: "Full bars" (having excellent cell phone reception) + barbaric

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Conversaswitch

Created by: sarabeth20

Pronunciation: kahn-verse-ah-switch

Sentence: Bob pulled a conversaswitch on me today and I was so ticked.

Etymology:

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Isoboor

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: eye-sow-boor

Sentence: I was in the express checkout when some ISOBOOR in front of me started droning on about his self-important lifestyle. When pulled from the wreckage, the ISOBOOR said he's been distracted while using his cellphone. When Mickey gets off the phone, IGNORE her! She's an ISOBOOR. isoboorish,isoboorism,isoboored

Etymology: iso-to isolate one's self boor- a person with no manners

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx ...and that applies to those annoying little spaceships they stick in their ears! james sternick - metrohumanx, 2008-06-15: 12:01:00

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Lonecall

Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Cellcentered

artr

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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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)

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Nokiass

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: no key ass

Sentence: She sighed as she watched him fumble through the sheets in search of his phone. This was the last straw. He may have been humg like a stallion, but he acted like a complete nokiass

Etymology: nokia ass

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COMMENTS:

artr Looks like he\'ll have to resort to mastercallwaiting. - artr, 2009-10-22: 06:23:00

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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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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