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DEFINITION: v., To call your cellphone when you have misplaced it, hoping that it will ring so that you can locate it. n., The sound of a lost cellphone.
Verboticisms
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Cellulocating
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: sel-yu-LOH-keyt
Sentence: "Hey Mike!" "Shutup, I'm cellulocating and it's on vibrate."
Etymology: Cellular + Locating
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COMMENTS:
I think I should have said Self-cellulocating. Because regular cellulocating would happen when you get someone else to call your phone for you. - dubld, 2007-11-09: 09:32:00
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Vibring
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (vi-bring)
Sentence: To find his phone he had to use the house phone to vibring, so he knew where it was.
Etymology: Vi: vibrate Bring: as to ring.
Cellfing
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: "selfing"
Sentence: I've been cellfing my phone for hours, to no avail...I must have left it at the pub.
Etymology:
Exocryptomne
Created by: ntaylor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After experiencing exocryptomne, now I will always keep my phone on ringer, not silent.
Etymology: (exo- outside + crypt- hidden + mne- memory)
Selfphone
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: self-fone
Sentence: When rummaging through the dirty laundry, garbage, and refrigerator didn't work, Bob tried to selfphone his number in the hope that he could hear his lost phone.
Etymology: cel phone, self
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COMMENTS:
I dig it. - dubld, 2007-11-09: 09:40:00
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Cryptemneia
Created by: kelseyslack
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I think i have cyyptemnia because i hear ringing of my phone but i cant find it!
Etymology: crypt- hidden... e-out...mne-amnesia..
Brrringtone
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: brrr/ing/tone
Sentence: A brrringtone is a feature for people who are prone to misplacing their phones.
Etymology: brrring (sound of phone ringing) + ring tone + bring
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COMMENTS:
Excellent...brrrring it on! - Nosila, 2008-10-08: 20:34:00
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Alzherphoning
Created by: Floatzilla
Pronunciation: Like an American would say it
Sentence: "Whoever you are, go in the other room and listen while I'm altzerphoning."
Etymology: Tastless humorous reference to symptoms associated with Alzheimer's
Clutterring
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: klətərring
Sentence: Charley is quite poor at keeping track of things. He never sets things down in the same place twice. Things end up in the strangest places. He is still trying to figure out how one of his socks ended up in a mayonnaise jar in the fridge, but that*s a different story. His current challenge is to not loose his company-issued Blackberry. He has tried several unique techniques. First there was the gecko location which involved rubber-banding the phone to his pet lizard. FAIL! Mr. Green Britches just shed a tail and went off to sell insurance. Then he tried the string theory. He tied a string around his finger and one around the phone with the thought that like things attract. FAIL! He attached a cookie with a thought that somehow his computer would help him. FAIL! Following the ants only worked for a short time. Finally he has a method that works, clutterring. He bought a tiny, cheap cell that he keeps on a cord around his neck and calls the Blackberry when he needs it. If it is dark, the light on the phone acts like one of those **as seen on TV** specials, the Clapper.(clapperring)
Etymology: clutter (a collection of things lying about in an untidy mass) + ring (of a telephone; produce a series of resonant or vibrating sounds to signal an incoming call)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James