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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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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)
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 Lawton while he showered, Juanita nevertheless went ahead with the deed anyway.
Etymology: Blend of PHOTO + SIN + THIS + IS Word play on the word photosynthesis. Dunno why, it just had a cool sound.
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COMMENTS:
Bodaciously badacious! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:03:00
Great word! - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:16:00
Sinsational word! - Nosila, 2009-02-06: 22:16:00
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Pictaboo
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: pickt - ah - boo
Sentence: Maurice is going to get roughed up one of these days... He goes down the street playing pictaboo with his cell phone. I am sure that if his subjects could see all of the candid, unflattering and intrusive photos that he is taking, they would be horrified.
Etymology: Picture + taboo + play on the phrase "peek a boo" >>> Picture (a visual representation (of an object,scene or person ) Taboo (an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion ) Peek A Boo (is a game similar to hide and seek. In the game, one person hides their face, pops back into view, and says — to the other's amusement — "Peekaboo"!! or "Peekaboo, I see you"!! In this case, it would be "Pictaboo, I see you"!!
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COMMENTS:
cute - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00
adorable etymology - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:14:00
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Cellphimage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: self/imaj
Sentence: A new kind of paparozzo has emerged with self centered narcissists being able to check their makeup etc on the subway by means of cellphimage photos taken with their cellphones.
Etymology: cell phone + image
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COMMENTS:
I'm always looking forward to what you will think up next. Never thought of this aspect. Fun and Unique! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:00:00
Another clever word! - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:17:00
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Copervert
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: ko-per-vert
Sentence: Coach Wilson was a suspected copervert. Whenever the cheerleading squad walked by him he always got an incoming call. He then stood around tapping his thumb on his handset while talking nonsense to noboby.
Etymology: covert + pervert
Cellsnapped
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: sell-snapp-d
Sentence: Deedra Directionless, cellsnapped her ears and face and sometimes body parts when she used her new iPhone. Her boyfriend, Sam Snickering was cellsnapping her while she slept, filling up her phone with all kinds of unusual images.
Etymology: Cell-short for cellular phone-(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) a portable telephone operated by cellular radio In full cellular telephone. Snapped-To take (a photograph).
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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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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Eyepawed
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: eye pod
Sentence: Electronic devices have been a God-send for shy and somewhat bizarre people like Julie. When she gets a crush on some hot guy in her school (like a new one each week...way out of her league), she follows him around and secretly takes pics of him for her to daydream over. These poor guys don't even know they are being eyepawed by a stalker like Julie. Doesn't she watch CSI or Criminal Minds? This is how they eventually takedown people like her when the restraining order is enforced.
Etymology: Eye Pawed (to touch/drool over with your eyes) & Wordplay on iPod (portable media device range of products produced by Apple Inc, including ones with camera connectors)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James