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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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Seafone
Created by: nhtbrink
Pronunciation: sea as in see, fone as in phone
Sentence: I'll try a seafone, perhaps I'll find it that way
Etymology:
Acryptomne
Created by: EvelynS
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After suffering from various cases of acryptomne, I've learned to never keep my ringtone on silent.
Etymology: (a- without + crypt- hidden + mne- remember, memory)
Rinloctize
Created by: worthingway
Pronunciation: rin-lock-tize
Sentence: i can't find my phone, will you rinloccitize it for me?
Etymology: ring+lost+tize
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COMMENTS:
I like the pronounciation and the way it sounds. - worthingway, 2007-11-10: 18:59:00
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Mobilunearth
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: mao-bull-unn-err-th
Sentence: Mr. Jenkins mobilunearthed his Loserphone L535 by calling it systematically 7 times in a row while he was in different places about the house. Luckily, the phone wasn't on vibrate, but was on the lowest volume setting, and with Mr. Jenkins' 20/20 like hearing, it was no problem finding his L535.
Etymology: mobile cell + unearth (to discover)
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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Lostone
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /lɔ:stəʊn/
Sentence: Shh, shh, please, allow me to lostone my cell... Try to locate its lostone, can you hear it?
Etymology: LOSTONE. From Lost (No longer in the possession, care, or control of someone or something) + Ringtone (A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call)
Cellectivehearing
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sell/ek/tiv/hearing
Sentence: Fortunately for Bill, who was forever misplacing his cell phone, his cellectivehearing was so finely tuned that he could pick out his ring tone in a hay stack.
Etymology: selective hearing + cell
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COMMENTS:
nice one JW - galwaywegian, 2008-10-08: 14:55:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-10-08: 14:59:00
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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.
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)
Selfone
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sel fōn
Sentence: Mary was not very good at keeping track of her stuff. She once lost a sock while she was wearing it but her cellphone was the worst. She would selfone her cellphone whenever she misplaced it. Just last month she used up about nearly half of her minutes calling the bottom of her purse.
Etymology: self (a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others) + phone (short for telephone)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:12:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James