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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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Ringjerk
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)
Ringstant
Created by: oren22
Pronunciation: ring as in ring stant- like in instant
Sentence:
Etymology:
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
Ringstinct
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: ring-stinct
Sentence: Jill interrupted a passionate kiss as her ringstinct kicked in, fumbling for the phone, she tells her man to hold the thought and they can resume the kiss as soon as she gets off the phone.
Etymology: ring/instinct
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COMMENTS:
clever! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-18: 07:27:00
Jill should have read the ringstructions and set up her voicemail - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 10:48:00
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Cellavery
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)
Ringdrone
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ring/drohn
Sentence: "Yes Master" the ringdrone responded to his cell phone
Etymology: ring tone + drone
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)
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
Oughtoreply
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: auto ree ply
Sentence: No matter what (or who) he was doing that ringtone just triggered his oughtoreply button every time
Etymology: ought to reply, autoreply.
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COMMENTS:
I'm walking out the door with a smile on my face after this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 07:15:00
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Comproinstinctivringobsession
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: compro-instinctive-ring-obsession
Sentence: I was diagnosed with comproinstinctivringobsession and all my phone were taken away at the intervention.
Etymology:
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Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James