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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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Phonamne
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I lost Katy Perry's phone and couldn't find it, so I called it and heard the phonamne!
Etymology: phon - sound, a, mne - to remember
Cellarouse
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SEL-uh-rouz
Sentence: Brent was forever losing his cell phone in the clutter around his apartment and would often resort to a technique he called 'cellarouse' wherein he would call his cell from another phone hoping to locate the cell by it's ring.
Etymology: Blend of Cell (for cell phone) and arouse...to awaken.
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:10:00
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Denialtone
Created by: cysglyd
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Calling the missing mobile gained him nothing but a plaintive denialtone.
Etymology: dialtone, denial
Amneing
Created by: scaredboy617
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's hard amneing where I put my phone.
Etymology: The act of remembering.
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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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.
Anticicall
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: an-ti-si-cal
Sentence: In order to hear the ring tone, Joe had to anticicall quite hard because some guy yesterday had changed his ringtone to a faint humming noise.
Etymology: anticipate, 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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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
Hellokia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hehlll oh kee ah
Sentence: His hellokia called to him from someone under the pizza boxes, beer cans and crisp packets
Etymology: nokia hello
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COMMENTS:
hell of a word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 15:29:00
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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