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DEFINITION: v. To secretly take a photo of someone with your cellphone. n. A cellphone photo, especially if it was taken surreptitiously.
Verboticisms
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Cellvert
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: sel-vert
Sentence: Jake was on a cellvert mission and took this photo while the sidewalk cafe customers glanced over towards 5th avenue where a crash was heard. Now he can admire Jenna from his room every night AND follow her around the city during the day. Ugh. Creep!
Etymology: cell phone + covert + divert + pervert
Surrepicturious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sur-uh-pik-cher-uhs
Sentence: The proliferation of camera phones has meant an explosion of surrepicturious moments.
Etymology: surreptitious(obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized) + picture (photograph)
Sneakshot
Created by: neljifer
Pronunciation: Just like the words sneak and shot.
Sentence: I was mortified when I caught my younger brother taking a sneakshot of me playing air guitar in my bedroom.
Etymology:
Cellpwnd
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: selpoʊnd
Sentence: Michael certainly has a better idea that his life has few private moments after being cellpwnd at a house party.
Etymology: Cell (cellular telephone) + pwnd (a leetspeak slang term, derived from the word "own", that implies domination or humiliation of a rival)
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COMMENTS:
nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:59:00
A modern word for these modern times! Excellent sentence, too. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-09: 20:02:00
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Snaparazzi
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: snapäpərätsē
Sentence: As a food-issue counselor, Joan was more than embarrassed to see a picture a picture of herself coming out of KFC. Some snaparazzi secretly snapped her picture because he (or she) thought her outfit was funny and posted on Facebook. She didn’t even know it existed until a friend of a friend tagged the photo with her name. So far she hasn’t been successful convincing anybody that the large bucket in the pic was just a convenient way to carry a number of salads.
Etymology: snap (an informal photograph taken quickly) + Paparazzi (a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them)
Concelling
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon sel ling
Sentence: Jane became concerned that she was being cyberstalked and that the stalker was concelling her all the time. The fact that her hunter only took pictures of her ear should have been her first clue that she had accidently hit a button and was stalking herself.
Etymology: Concealing (hiding;doing something coverly or secretly) & Celling (using a cell app)
Hocusfocus
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: ho cuss foh cuss
Sentence: Len's covert cell phone hocusfocus makes him a real shudderbug.
Etymology: Hocus Pocus, Focus. Hocus Pocus - a trickery. Focus - 1. Camera adjustment to obtain a sharper, clearer photo.
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COMMENTS:
Was difficult to chose between these two verbotomies. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 00:37:00
Very clever...two for the price of one! - Mustang, 2009-02-06: 07:18:00
Wonderful play on words....hocusfocus or focuspocus....both say it all... - mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:14:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00
Good word...lens itself to many ideas. He may end up being framed if he has any more exposure! - Nosila, 2009-02-06: 22:27:00
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Spiphone
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sp eye fowhn
Sentence: Thanks to his spiphone, Veronica's secret no longer was.
Etymology: spy iphone
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COMMENTS:
ROFL! Supremely funny sentence wtih a superb verbote. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:04:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:57:00
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Creepertography
Created by: Alysonia
Pronunciation: Cree-per-ta-grah-fee
Sentence: "Someone is stalking me and sending me some serious creepertography." Can also be: "Look at this picture I found on Ted's phone of the back of my neck! He is such a Creepertographer!"
Etymology: A "creep," someone who is really sketchy, in the action of being sketchy and stalking becomes a "creeper," combined with "photography" thus forms creep-er-tography.
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COMMENTS:
Creepertography/Creepertographers - Alysonia, 2009-02-06: 14:08:00
Reminds me of a line from an old fun song: 'Jeerpers! Creepers! Where'd ya get those eyes?' Great create - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:18:00
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Photosinthisis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: foe-toe-SIN-this-is
Sentence: Knowing she was once again committing an act of photosinthisis by sneaking a picture of Clayton while he showered, Lewellen nevertheless went ahead with the deed.
Etymology: Blend of PHOTO + SIN + THIS + IS Word play on the word photosynthesis. Dunno why, it just had a cool sound.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James