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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
Verboticisms
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Incalluntary
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: In-col-un-ta-ee
Sentence: It was such a turnoff when she incalluntarily answered her cell to find it was her mother who had called.
Etymology: Involuntary (instinctively, spontaneous) + call (a telephone communication)
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COMMENTS:
great word ziggy41 - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 11:34:00
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Ringstinct
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: ring-stinked
Sentence: Honey, please try to fight your ringstinct in future. Or, you know, wait a few minutes.
Etymology: Ring (of phone) + Instinct = Ringstinct
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COMMENTS:
I thought about this exact word but decided against, still it gets my vote :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-14: 07:29:00
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Cellfpossessed
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: self/pose/essed
Sentence: She was so cellfpossessed that she had to pick up her calls immediately
Etymology: cell + selfpossessed + possessed
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:
Ringclination
Created by: Kirubeza
Pronunciation: Ring-klihn-ay-shun
Sentence: Dorothy's ringclination was so powerful that not even being in bed with her best friend Jemma's husband could stop her answering the call - even with it being Jemma on the line.
Etymology: RING - to call someone up by telephone. INCLINATION - the predisposition to do something.
Ringtarded
Created by: yaknowmay
Pronunciation: ring-tar-ded
Sentence: thee self centered nymph, answered her cell while i was performing an oral masterpiece on her, confirming my suspicions that she was severely ringtarded
Etymology:
Pavlover
Created by: heartnsoul
Pronunciation: PAV-luv-er
Sentence: Making love to a person for the first time is an exploration of the boundaries and fuels of passion, unless you try to "connect" with a Pavlover who is turned on by a cellphone's ring, or a Stimlover who is turned on by their own fleeting thoughts.
Etymology: "Pavlov" (Ivan Petrovich Pavlov - known for his discovery of an involuntary salivation response in dogs) + "Lover" (known for much better involuntary and voluntary responses than answering phones)
Callpulation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kal pul ay shun
Sentence: The scene was set. Soft music, candles, champagne, oysters, a luxurious hotel suite. They were passionately entwined. They barely knew each other, but they were well on their way to changing that. Just when things were getting very hot and heavy, she could not resist the callpulation. Her cell was singing out the message that always got her attention, "I'm so excited...". She could not resist and just had to answer. "Yeah, we'll be done in five, Rudy, where's my next trick?" At that point, her bedmate knew that although he ate a dozen oysters, only 6 of them were going to work tonight!
Etymology: Call (a telephone connection) & Pull (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes) & Copulation (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman)
Nokiaddiction
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: noh key add ik shun
Sentence: his nokiaddiction proved even stronger than his nookieaddiction
Etymology: nokia addiction
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James