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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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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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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)
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)
Cellibate
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.
Thumbjerk
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.
Ringdrone
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ring/drohn
Sentence: "Yes Master" the ringdrone responded to his cell phone
Etymology: ring tone + drone
Pickall
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
Muffamoan
Created by: kensiesfate
Pronunciation: muff-uh-moan
Sentence: I like to muffamoan when we are in bed togather. It turns me on
Etymology:
Pickupulsion
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by duchessella. Thank you duchessella. ~ James