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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.
Verboticisms
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Cellaphant
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: sell a phant
Sentence: Paul was the worst kind of cellaphant one could imagine, with a cell phone that seems to be sprouting from his ear.
Etymology:
Polygamouth
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: poll igg am ow th
Sentence: he could'nt see how his polygamouth behaviour was interfering with his chances of having any polygomous behaviour.
Etymology: polygamy, mouth
Callisinterruptus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kawl is inter rup tus
Sentence: Wendy was furious at her fiance Paul's poor manners. He always took phone calls when they were in the middle of something together, like a serious discussion and put her on hold until he was finished. The final straw was on their honeymoon, when at the most intimate moment, he answered a call and talked for ten minutes. She was really mad when she found out that the callisinterruptus was a poll company doing a survey about what he did to make his relationships more romantic!
Etymology: Call is (telephone connection is) & Interrupt us (interfere in someone else's activity)& play on Coitus Interruptus (contraceptive method)
Cellfish
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sell-fish
Sentence: When he started taking calls from telemarketers during intimate moments, I realized that he wasn't that into me and was really quite cellfish.
Etymology: cell phone, selfish
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COMMENTS:
another eelegant word from purpeartichokes - petaj, 2007-04-05: 05:00:00
Ooo now that's really fine. - pinwheel, 2007-04-05: 05:02:00
perfect! - playdohheart, 2007-04-05: 05:07:00
Proof that sometimes the most obvious ones are the best. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-05: 05:40:00
Thanks all. OOoo... I feel like such a cell-ebrity. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-05: 07:12:00
great one! as usual. being a cell-ebrity, this one might get you the verboscar - toadstool57, 2007-04-05: 08:24:00
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Cellcentered
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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Ruceller
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: roo-sell-er
Sentence: It is hard to go to dinner with Bob because he is a "ruceller."
Etymology: rude + cell + er = ruceller
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like there was lot's of chatting at the dinner. Unfortunately, you weren't part of the conversation - wordmeister, 2008-06-10: 14:36:00
Nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:12:00
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Icellationist
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /ahy-SEL-ley-shun-ist/
Sentence: They were out on a date, but Laura had seen Drew's icellationist behavior already tonight, and on previous dates, when he would talk with his friends for an hour everytime his cellphone rang. He should have been paying attention to her, shouldn't he? So, when he went to the bathroom, she didn't feel guilty at all about popping out the battery, sticking a piece of napkin across the contacts, and putting it back in. He would probably just think the battery went dead.
Etymology: Blend of: Isolationist - one who insulates themselves from ouside or foreign influences (from Latin, insula "island") + Cell - mobile telephone (shortening of 'cellular')
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - TJayzz, 2008-06-10: 09:49:00
he really gave her the cold shoulder - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:09:00
Great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:10:00
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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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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:
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