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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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Cellofanting
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: sel-O-fean-ting
Sentence: At the cellofan convention everyone was present; cellofanatics and cellofantologist to discuss issues of cellofanitis.
Etymology: cell +fanatic
Callflex
Created by: surfstang
Pronunciation: call/flex
Sentence: I was busy but callflex got the better of me and I answered the call.
Etymology: call + reflex
Communipulsion
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kuh-myoo-ni-puhl-shuhn
Sentence: The minister thought he must have really hit a nerve with his sermon when one of his parishioners jumped up with a shout and ran out of the church on Sunday. His ego was slightly deflated when he later learned that the member of his congregation had been a struck by communipulsion - a vibrating cell phone in her pocket and not his masterful words.
Etymology: communication (a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act) + compulsion (something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted)
Ringstant
Created by: oren22
Pronunciation: ring as in ring stant- like in instant
Sentence:
Etymology:
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.
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:
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
Instaction
Created by: rockchic101
Pronunciation: insta-action
Sentence: The phone rang, so his gut instaction was to answer.
Etymology: combination of instant and reaction
Ringstantresponsereflex
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: rrrrrrrring + stant like in instant + re like in Re: + sponse like spongebob minus gbob plus s + reflex like in relax.
Sentence: My Ringstantresponsereflex (short RiReRe) plus my catlike curiousity made grab the phone immediately - anytime, anyplace. I am on Ringstandby, you'll always get my Ringstandreply.
Etymology: Ring + instant + response + reflex.
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
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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