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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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Cellalert
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sell-uh-lert
Sentence: Unable to find his cell phone amidst the clutter Elwood sent himself a cellalert from his landline.
Etymology: cell (cell phone) + alert
Cryptemneia
Created by: kelseyslack
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I think i have cyyptemnia because i hear ringing of my phone but i cant find it!
Etymology: crypt- hidden... e-out...mne-amnesia..
Cellflocation
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: self-location
Sentence: Miranda had misplaced her mobile phone so many times that she had downloaded a special ringtone of Kelly Clarkson's song "you found me" for those cellflocation calls. At last she had really found herself.
Etymology: cell (as in cellphone) + self + location (the act of finding something)
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COMMENTS:
If it were only so easy to "find one's self"... Kudos for working Kelly Clarkson into your sentence. "Aaah, Kelly Clarkson!! -- Steve Carell, from 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' - Tigger, 2007-11-09: 02:56:00
good one petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-09: 10:20:00
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Blackberring
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: black-bear-ring
Sentence: My blackberry gets blackburied in my purse so I have to blackberring it to find it.
Etymology: blackberry: smart phone + ring: phone sound
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COMMENTS:
blackburied...love it - Nosila, 2010-03-08: 23:47:00
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Couchufindit
Created by: tvharper
Pronunciation: kouch-you-fin-dit
Sentence: I lost my phone! Alright, I'll just have to couchufindit.
Etymology:
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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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:
Awtellme
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: awe tell me
Sentence: listen I hit the awtellme button
Etymology:
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.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James