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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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Deluphonary

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: deh - LOO - foh - nah - ree

Sentence: Buddy is such a deluphonary when it comes to his girlfriend.

Etymology: delusionary + phone

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Ringslave

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋsleɪv/

Sentence: I worry about becoming a ringslave because I do answer the phone almost immediately every time it rings, but I think my humanity may be saved by the fact that I seem incapable of carrying on a conversation that lasts more than 30 seconds over the phone.

Etymology: From ring + slave

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COMMENTS:

I'm actually not quite that bad. I don't answer it at family events (unless it's more family), in theaters, or during class. And I always keep it on silent. But I worry about it nonetheless. - ErWenn, 2007-04-05: 08:31:00

Ringslave precedes ringworm. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-05: 08:56:00

Ringworm at dinner? Yikes... - wordmeister, 2007-04-05: 14:01:00

Ringworm just about anywhere near me earns a "Yikes." - ErWenn, 2007-04-05: 23:26:00

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Socioratic

zrotv

Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: sō'sē-ō-răt'ĭk

Sentence: It's not like they're 'A.D.D.' or have trouble concentrating across the board. Only in social situations. They're very socioratic jumping from conversation partner to conversation partner.

Etymology: socio (social/society) + erratic (Having no fixed or regular course; wandering)

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Contamobilvernacularity

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /kon-ta-moe-bill-verna-cue-lar-i-tea/

Sentence: "If he didn't stop contamobilvernacularising to his ex-girlfriend while she was having lunch with him soon, she was going to grab her fork and stab him in the eye."

Etymology: Continuous + mobile [phone] + vernacular + -ity

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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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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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Longphoner

Created by: WhiteRhino

Pronunciation: Long-phone-er

Sentence: John couldn't help but talk - he was a natural longphoner.

Etymology: Long, phone

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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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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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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

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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