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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.
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Disconnexaphobia
Created by: Pmac46
Pronunciation: Dis-con-ex-uh-fobe-ee-uh
Sentence: The crazy looking girl's case of Disconnexaphobia has caused her to have a panic attack as she lost service while going into a tunnel.
Etymology: Dis- "lack of" + connex- "join together" + a +phobia- fear
Cellabreak
Created by: torontorc
Pronunciation: sell-a-break
Sentence: I was talking to my mom when all of a sudden for no flippin' reason, I had a cellabreak and she was gone.
Etymology:
Mobilegroan
Created by: Kazizzle
Pronunciation: moh/bull/grown
Sentence: Denise released a loud mobilegroan when she realized her cell phone didn't get service in Europe.
Etymology: "Mobile phone" - a portable telephone and "Groan" - a low, guttural sound of frustration.
Imservusphobia
Created by: moontopia
Pronunciation: im-ser-vus-fo-bee-a
Sentence: The crazy and wishing to be youthful woman was stricken with imservusphobia, when her cell phone made the undesirable beep when she was texting her 92-year old mom.
Etymology: im-not servus-sevice phobia-fear
Serviceinterruptus
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: sur'/vis/in/tuh/rup'/tus
Sentence: Lucy became quite anxious whenever she was without cell phone cabability. What if her friends were trying to reach her? What if there were an emergency at home? How would she ever know the correct time?? Serviceinterruptus always left Lucy feeling lonely and unsatisfied.
Etymology: service - the supplier or supplying of commodities demanded by the public (water, gas, cell phone usage) + coitus interruptus - interruption of sexual intercourse
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COMMENTS:
Ha! I was gonna do callitusinterruptus. - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-03: 18:45:00
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Acellularphobia
Created by: klee66
Pronunciation: a-cell-u-lar-phobia
Sentence: She suffers from acellularphobia
Etymology: Prefix: a-witihout cellular- having to do with mobile phone phobia- fear of
Blackberiberi
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: blahk behree behree
Sentence: It was the worst case of blackberiberi ever seen, causing severe iphobia and naukea
Etymology: blackberry beriberi
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COMMENTS:
phonetically perfect! - Nosila, 2011-10-26: 07:20:00
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Cellinervosa
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sell - eh - nerv - oh - sa
Sentence: Judy had a severe attack of cllinervosa when she realized that she had left her phone charger at home and her battery was almost run down. How would she live without live chat, mobile social apps, games and her tunes. These things were what allowed her to survive her workday.
Etymology: Cell (cell-phone) + Nervosa (a nervous disorder)
Exomund
Created by: beardo
Pronunciation: As its spelled... Ex-o-mund
Sentence: I have been Exomunded ever since the satilite fell out of the sky.
Etymology: Exo-, outside -mund, world
Anite
Created by: Mclovin
Pronunciation: an.iht.
Sentence: i have anite. :)
Etymology: an-without ite-one connection too.
Comments:
stache - 2008-04-03: 01:35:00
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stache - 2008-04-03: 01:37:00
to whom is credit for the definition owed, james?
Ah... Actually I made it up! Cheers ~ James
stache - 2008-04-03: 18:47:00
way to go.
holy smokes, half the universe gave a verboticism