Verboticisms

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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great word ziggy41 - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 11:34:00

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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: ring-jurk

Sentence: I just can't let the phone ring, one ring and I ringjerk that button and answer.

Etymology: Ring (the sound your phone makes) + jerk (a combo of 'kneejerk' reaction and stupid)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sell ay veree

Sentence: Rosie could never resist that siren's call, her cell phone. When that mechanical song rang, she forgot all else in her haste to avoid missing an important call. She was in fact endentured to cellavery, even when entwined with another person. She had lost many a fond young lover to her compulsion, as few could compete with her encellavement. Especially since her ringtone played "Hit the road, Jack". She needed a he-mancipator to re-charge her love battery before it was too late...

Etymology: Cell (cellular phone) and sounds like Slavery ( the state of being under the control of another person or thing or force)

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Created by: Scattercat

Pronunciation: SEHL-ih-bayt

Sentence: After the third time in a month that the relationship ended after the third date, Tom realized that it might be his cellibacy that was the problem.

Etymology: Cell, for cell phone Celibate, a word which means practicing a lifestyle devoid of sexual contact, such as might be expected of someone who habitually answers their phone in the midst of coitus.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌθʌmˈdʒɝk/

Sentence: Answering my cell phone is such a thumbjerk reaction that when it rings while I'm asleep, I will pick it up, open it, put it to my ear, say "Hello," and wake up, in that order. I sometimes have to ask whoever called to to repeat their first sentence.

Etymology: As in knee-jerk, only with a thumb.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: ring/drohn

Sentence: "Yes Master" the ringdrone responded to his cell phone

Etymology: ring tone + drone

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Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: pik-all

Sentence: My boss is looking for a natural PICKALL to replace the receptionist whom he has just fired because he caught her polishing her fingernails unperturbed by the ringing phone.

Etymology: Pick + all + call

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Created by: kensiesfate

Pronunciation: muff-uh-moan

Sentence: I like to muffamoan when we are in bed togather. It turns me on

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Created by: zacharyalanstewart

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Created by: lwoodsky

Pronunciation: pik-uh-PUL-shun

Sentence: The stark echo confirms that Jane's pickupulsion extended even to the loo.

Etymology: archaic 20th cent Eng. v. to answer a ringing phone; to lift or pick up the receiver in order to respond to a phone call; + [comp]ulsion: loss of choice or control in a personal decision, usually as a result of obsession

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