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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.
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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.
Findbyringin
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say 'find' then ' by ' and finally , Ring and in "
Sentence: To track cellphones down , I like to findbyringin
Etymology:
Calltrawl
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kawl trawl
Sentence: When Fred's room got so messy that he'd lose his cellphone, he made a calltrawl from his landline to find it.
Etymology: Call (a telephone connection) & Trawl (to fish for something;search)
Phonlymne
Created by: InuYasha11
Pronunciation:
Sentence: For the third time this week, Melissa had once again made a phonlymne after leaving her cellphone on vibrate.
Etymology: Phon - sound Ly - to loosen Mne - to remember
Beacontone
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: bee-kon-tone
Sentence: Doug had specially programmed his cellphone to ring with a custom high-pitched tone when dialed from his landline. He called it a "beacontone" and was quite proud of it. The problem was that it was so high-pitched he couldn't hear it. He kept forgetting to reprogram it so whenever he lost the phone he would have to call the kid from next door to listen for it.
Etymology: beacon, tone
Hiddaring
Created by: forlove169
Pronunciation: hid-a-ring
Sentence: When Jan could not find her phone, her last option was hiddaringing it to find its location.
Etymology: A combination of hidden and a ring.
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
Cellocator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SEL-oh-cayt-ehr
Sentence: Brad was forever misplacing his cell phone or having it hidden under a pile of clothing or other items and he had become fairly adept with his cellocator method which consisted of calling his cell from another phone, hoping to hear it ringing.
Etymology: Blend of 'cell' (cell phone) and 'locator' (a device for finding something)
Vibraflinrin
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Vibe + Flin + Rin
Sentence: Alright bro, I'm gonna vibraflinrin my cell, so shut your mouth already!
Etymology: Vibrate + Fling + Ring
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Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James