DEFINITION: v., To call your cellphone when you have misplaced it, hoping that it will ring so that you can locate it. n., The sound of a lost cellphone.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Phonar: /fÅnär/ Rudy can usually find his celly by re-tracing his movements. When that fails he resorts to using phonar, calling his cell with his land line assuming he hasn’t misplaced the that handset. Etymology: phone (a system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound, typically voices, over a distance using wire or radio) + sonar (the method of echolocation used in air or water by animals such as whales and bats) Created by: artr.
Wringtone: /ring tone/ When he misplaced his cellphone in his messy bedroom, George was fret with worry. His ringtone was a wringtone
until he could trace it’s location by calling his cell with his landline. Etymology: Wring (to twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish, one’s hands in frustration or worry) & Tone (sound;pitch) and Wordplay on Ringtone(the distinctive noise your cellphone makes when you get a call) Created by: Nosila.
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