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DEFINITION: v. To instinctively answer your cell phone ring, even when caught in a somewhat compromising position. n. The instinct to answer your phone
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Cellpulsion
Created by: newworldview
Pronunciation: sell-pull-shun
Sentence: His cellpulsion was so strong that he answered his phone in the middle of a root canal.
Etymology: Cell (phone) + compulsion
Nokiaddiction
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: noh key add ik shun
Sentence: his nokiaddiction proved even stronger than his nookieaddiction
Etymology: nokia addiction
Nookia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: nuu keee aaaaaaah
Sentence: His coitus was so regularly interrupted by the phone, he dubbed it his nookia
Etymology: nokia nookie
Hellololic
Created by: treyb
Pronunciation: Hell-low-lawl-lick
Sentence: That Sandra is such a hellololic, she answered her phone right in the middle of the movie.
Etymology:
Communowait
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: comune-no-wait
Sentence: Her boyfriend gets mad because she always commmunowaits during intimate moments.
Etymology: from communicate + no wait
Autopilotmode
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: auto-pilot-mode
Sentence: Despite her better judgement to leave the burning house, her brain, in autopilotmode, stopped to answer the phone on the way out the door!
Etymology:
Calldating
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kawl day ting
Sentence: George hated the fact that Lulu had that new feature on her phone, calldating. It meant that every time they had relations, she would answer every call. This was annoying, especially since their trysts only lasted an hour, until she had to handle her next client...
Etymology: Wordplay on Call-Waiting...Dating (having a steady, intimate relationship)
Ringstant
Created by: oren22
Pronunciation: ring as in ring stant- like in instant
Sentence:
Etymology:
Earjerk
Created by: greytellie
Pronunciation: eer-jurk
Sentence: I know I should ignore my cell while snogging my studlicious boyfriend, but it is an earjerk reaction!
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Looks like we're thinking along the same lines this time. - ErWenn, 2007-05-18: 22:35:00
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Phonatic
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: foh-nat-ik
Sentence: Sheila was a phonatic about answering calls. Tony... not so much.
Etymology: phone + fanatic: person possessed by excessive zeal
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COMMENTS:
phontastc word - Nosila, 2009-12-03: 18:29:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James