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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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Callmeme
Created by: retoricaljoe
Pronunciation: call me me
Sentence: She´s still callmemeing. she might have left her cellphone in another place.
Etymology:
Chronagon
Created by: Freepiehere
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Finding this phone is going to be a great Chronagon; especially since it's on silent.
Etymology: Chron-Time Agon- Struggle
Reconnaiscelling
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: re-con-nais-cel-ling
Sentence: Jerry lost his phone again... So began the daily reconnaiscelling mission.....
Etymology:
Cryptphon
Created by: JoshB
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jimmy was cryptphoning all night looking for his lost phone.
Etymology: Crypt means hidden, and phon means phone.
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
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)
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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Crypthphon
Created by: ashrogers1734
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I must crypthphon quickly! My phone has been lost for days, try to listen for the ring!
Etymology: Crypth - hidden or secret Phon - sound or telephone
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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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.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James