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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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Vibraflinrin
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Vibe + Flin + Rin
Sentence: Alright bro, I'm gonna vibraflinrin my cell, so shut your mouth already!
Etymology: Vibrate + Fling + Ring
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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Cryptophonagogue
Created by: 718114
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We cryptophonagogued my phone and followed the hidden sound to it.
Etymology: Crypt: hidden, secret Phon: sound Agogue: to lead
Awtellme
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: awe tell me
Sentence: listen I hit the awtellme button
Etymology:
Cryptomim
Created by: arandomperson97
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His phone was missing so he called it hoping to hear the ringtone.
Etymology: crypt-hidden o-song mim-to imitate
Gronkdialing
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) grŏngk'dīl-ĭng; (tr. v.) grŏngk'dīl
Sentence: Gronkdialing is a useful technique up until the cellphone battery dies.
Etymology: gronk = (a fool or idiot) + [drunk]dialing
Callmeme
Created by: retoricaljoe
Pronunciation: call me me
Sentence: She´s still callmemeing. she might have left her cellphone in another place.
Etymology:
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
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James