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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.
Verboticisms
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Antivocaphobia
Created by: ttime77
Pronunciation: an-tie-voke-a-fobe-e-a
Sentence: the woman that was very excited about the conversation that was being held on her phone. When the train she was on went into a tunnel, her phone lost service thus she was diagnosed with antivocaphobia.
Etymology: anti- not voc- to call phobia- to be afraid of
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COMMENTS:
this word sucks.. - sjacksonnnn4, 2011-10-26: 15:15:00
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Loconnection
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: lo-co-neck-shun
Sentence: Debbie was having a peaceful morning until she realized that she forgot to charge her cell phone. She went into a fit of pure loconnection as she panicked over not being able to send texts or make calls for the 2 hours while it charged.
Etymology: loco - spanish for crazy + connection also it is pronounced as "low connection" which could also set off a wave of panic in the cellular dependent
Anite
Created by: Mclovin
Pronunciation: an.iht.
Sentence: i have anite. :)
Etymology: an-without ite-one connection too.
Ipanic
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: eye-panic
Sentence: Demetri began to iPanic as the power bled dry from his iPhone in the middle of an Angry Birds battle.
Etymology: i - apple prefix for everything; panic - to panic
Cellanxious
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: Sell-aink-shus
Sentence: Some neighbors figured Martha had been cheating on Ed, but really it was her cellanxious dependency to stay within a wireless service area that inspired him to leave her for good and head up to the mountains on a permanent hunting trip. He didn't feel like he was abandoning her as he packed up the jeep; he could see her through the dirty windows, talking on her damn cell phone.
Etymology: Cell+anxious
Fatalmobia
Created by: ziggy
Pronunciation: fay-tal-mo-bia
Sentence: A panic arising from the threat of imminent disconnection whilst holding a conversation on your cell phone.
Etymology: fatal-dead mo-mobile bia-from phobia
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.
Cellphonia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sell - FONE - ya
Sentence: The thought of not having contact with the 'outside' world for even a minute or two would cause Daphne to have fits of cellphonia bordering on outright hysteria.
Etymology: Blend of cell phone with phobia OR paranoia.
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COMMENTS:
And, dyspnonia, which is Diane Rehm's affliction. - stache, 2008-04-03: 18:48:00
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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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Ademophobia
Created by: Haydon
Pronunciation: A, Dem O, Phopia
Sentence: The fear of losing conention of others.
Etymology: A- without demo- people phobia- fear
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