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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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Photosecrosy
Created by: tripnfallpivot
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I just hate People commiting Photosecrosy!
Etymology:
Mobileguile
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mow-bial-gy-al
Sentence: Fiona used mobileguile to take a photo of the new manager at work (who she had the hots for) to show all her friends in the pub how gorgeous he was.
Etymology: Mobile(as mobile phone) + Guile(sly,cunning) = Mobileguile
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COMMENTS:
A rhyme is good anytime! Nice one - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:19:00
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Cryptpic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: crypt/pic
Sentence: Cryptpics are showing up all over MySpace and Facebook with the incredible improvement of cell phone cameras and the surreptitious manner in people are taking them.
Etymology: CRYPTPIC - noun from CRYPTIC (secret) + PIC (picture)
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COMMENTS:
like it... - mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:16:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:55:00
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Spiphone
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sp eye fohn
Sentence: her spiphone was directly linked to a see eye ay printer
Etymology: spy iphone
Incogphoto
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: In-cahg-foe-toe
Sentence: Any time Jane would see something she thought was odd, she would whip out her cell phone and snap an incogphoto.
Etymology: Combination of "Incog" from incognito - with one's identity sealed; and "photo".
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COMMENTS:
Excellent - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:15:00
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Circumspicked
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sir cum spikt
Sentence: Jolene circumspicked her subjects well. Her cellphone was full of sexy pictures of hot guys running past her, looking at her oddly and hurriedly hiding their faces with their hands. Apparently she was looking for her Prints Charming.
Etymology: circumspect (heedful of potential consequences) & Pic (picture)& picked (chosen, selected)
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COMMENTS:
ROFL! Adore Prints Chrarming. Circumspicked sounds so delightfully naughty! Great creates - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:12:00
like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:58:00
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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.
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
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James