Verboticisms

Created by: grasshopper

Pronunciation: compro-instinctive-ring-obsession

Sentence: I was diagnosed with comproinstinctivringobsession and all my phone were taken away at the intervention.

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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: guesser

Pronunciation: auto-pilot-mode

Sentence: Despite her better judgement to leave the burning house, her brain, in autopilotmode, stopped to answer the phone on the way out the door!

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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

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Created by: davebailey

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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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Created by: Carria

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Sentence: My boner was replaced with a phoner

Etymology: Phone + Boner

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Created by: fredm

Pronunciation: dee-pend-a-cell

Sentence: Every time that they would make out, she knew they would be interrupted by his dependacell need to find out what his mother wanted. His friends knew that they could call him day or night - he was so dependacell!

Etymology: to depend on your cell phone

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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.

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Created by: DaddiezGyrl

Pronunciation: fo-b-session

Sentence: It was his case of phobsession that made him answer the phone while they were making love.

Etymology: combo of phone+obsession

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