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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.
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Musicpolisz
Created by: chika0019
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COMMENTS:
Intriguing verbotomy. I wish you had given us a sentence, and even more, an etymology. You get points for doing them. If you go to the links at the top of the screen, under News/Help click on 'scoring.' You also get points for casting 2 votes for your favorite verbotomies each day. Welcome to verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:30:00
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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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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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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)
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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Shytterbuggy
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: SHY ter BUG gy
Sentence: Some freaky guy is weirding me out because he takes pictures of my hands, my ears, my lunch box, my feet, my everything. As soon as I turn around he starts to shyterbuggy me. He thinks I don't know. Yesterday I saw him sitting in the cafeteria admiring all of his pictures of me when he didn't realize I was standing behind him.
Etymology: SHY: nervous or embarrassed to come near someone SHUTTERBUG: a person who really likes to take photos BUGGY: slang for crazy
Snurk
Created by: elcanyonazo
Pronunciation: s-nur-k
Sentence: some weirdo just tried to snurk an upskirt when i walked downstair
Etymology: sneak
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James