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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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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)
Tonely
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: tohn-lee
Sentence: When I called my cell I could hear its tonely sound coming from the pocket of my jeans. Now if I only knew where I left my jeans.
Etymology: tone + lonely
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COMMENTS:
nice word. brings back bad memories though - leechdude, 2007-11-09: 20:50:00
Celp! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-10: 05:12:00
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Cellapper
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: sel-LAP-per
Sentence: Whenever my cell phone is misplaced, I cellapper it, and voila! there it is, aglow in the black hole of my purse, or singing within the sofa cushions.
Etymology: cell: short for cell phone. The Clapper: a sound activated invention that switches on and off lamps.
Hideandgobeep
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hahyd-n-goh-beep
Sentence: Jerry is one of the few people under 30 who still has a land-line phone. He never calls anybody on it. None of his friends even know the number. He only uses it when he plays hideandgobeep to locate the cell phone he misplaces at least three times a day.
Etymology: hide-and-go-seek (one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them) + beep (a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn or electronic device)
Celelone
Created by: Eyeshah
Pronunciation: /CELL-uh-lone/
Sentence: "Where's my bloody cell!" clamored a flummoxed and fuming Ringo. "I've celeloned it several times now to no avail."
Etymology: cell+alone. Sounds like telephone.
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COMMENTS:
fun verb :) - badsnudge, 2007-11-11: 00:37:00
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Need-dial
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: need-diyul
Sentence: i find it helpful to put need-dial on speed-dial
Etymology: need, speed dial
Cryptmne
Created by: nicolebolavage
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He wasn't able to cryptmne, because he had his phone on silent.
Etymology: crypt- hidden, secret mne- to remember
Myselocate
Created by: badsnudge
Pronunciation: my sell uh kate
Sentence: Henrietta did not accompany Herman to the dog show because she could not successfully myselocate her mobile phone and she was awaiting an important call from her dentist who eventually informed her that the radio signal she was receiving through her molar was actually not transceiver-related, but rather a side effect of the anti-psychotic medication she was taking.
Etymology: my+cell+locate
Wherizon
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: ware-I-zon
Sentence: I tried to wherizon my phone but I couldn't hear it now.
Etymology: Where + (ver)izon
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COMMENTS:
Also a good term for when you can't find a darn signal -- "I'm going to try to walk around a bit; see if I can wherizon up some bars." - Tigger, 2007-11-10: 23:49:00
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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