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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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Buzzterbation
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: buz-ter-bay-shon
Sentence: Even though she knew it was a sin to spill her cell on the couch, Kimberly often fell asleep playing snake on her Nokia 5110 while watching Animal Planet. She often woke up and would buzzterbate frantically, searching through layer and layer of snuggie and slanket for the precious piece of pulsating plastic that once saved her life.
Etymology: buzz (to call) + -terbation (well, I'm a little embarrassed to say)
Phonlymne
Created by: InuYasha11
Pronunciation:
Sentence: For the third time this week, Melissa had once again made a phonlymne after leaving her cellphone on vibrate.
Etymology: Phon - sound Ly - to loosen Mne - to remember
Selfphone
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: self-fone
Sentence: When rummaging through the dirty laundry, garbage, and refrigerator didn't work, Bob tried to selfphone his number in the hope that he could hear his lost phone.
Etymology: cel phone, self
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COMMENTS:
I dig it. - dubld, 2007-11-09: 09:40:00
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Mobilunearth
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: mao-bull-unn-err-th
Sentence: Mr. Jenkins mobilunearthed his Loserphone L535 by calling it systematically 7 times in a row while he was in different places about the house. Luckily, the phone wasn't on vibrate, but was on the lowest volume setting, and with Mr. Jenkins' 20/20 like hearing, it was no problem finding his L535.
Etymology: mobile cell + unearth (to discover)
Reconnaiscelling
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: re-con-nais-cel-ling
Sentence: Jerry lost his phone again... So began the daily reconnaiscelling mission.....
Etymology:
Diallocate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dahyl-LOH-keyt
Sentence: A teasing telenigma taunted Bob with the usual "notingaling" when he tried to diallocate and phonepoint his cellphone.
Etymology: 1. Dial & locate. 2. Notingaling (Pr. no-ting-a-ling): The sound of a lost (cell) phone. 3. Phonepoint: Based on phone & pinpoint.
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COMMENTS:
I love notingaling - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-09: 09:38:00
Wow, four great words! ...Gets my vote. - Tigger, 2007-11-09: 19:21:00
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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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Echocellucation
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Ech o cel lu ca tion
Sentence: It was by means of echocellucation that he found the telephone his angry girlfriend had thrown in in the field.
Etymology: Echolocation (means of determining an object's location by reflected sound) & cellular (zombie inducin' portable phone)
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COMMENTS:
great word and great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:11:00
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Cellseeus
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sell/see/us
Sentence: When a cell phone is well and truly lost, a sure fire remedy is to phone your number and shout loudly 'cellseeus' - works ever time because they are just as reliant on us as we are on them.
Etymology: cell + see + us + celsius
Findbyringin
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say 'find' then ' by ' and finally , Ring and in "
Sentence: To track cellphones down , I like to findbyringin
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James