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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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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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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.
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
Calltrawl
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kawl trawl
Sentence: When Fred's room got so messy that he'd lose his cellphone, he made a calltrawl from his landline to find it.
Etymology: Call (a telephone connection) & Trawl (to fish for something;search)
Couchufindit
Created by: tvharper
Pronunciation: kouch-you-fin-dit
Sentence: I lost my phone! Alright, I'll just have to couchufindit.
Etymology:
Bringtone
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My bringtone is The Real Slim Shady so that anyone who hears it will bring my phone to me.
Etymology: bring + tone
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COMMENTS:
good word! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-09: 11:26:00
thanks, jabberwocky. Loved yours yesterday, especially since I still have my ancient Atari :) - yellowbird, 2007-11-09: 15:58:00
First off the bat, an excellent word yellowbird - you have my vote! - Kevcom, 2007-11-11: 14:09:00
Spot on: great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-11: 16:30:00
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Cellapper
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: sel-LAP-per
Sentence: Whenever my cell phone is misplaced, I cellapper it, and voila! there it is, aglow in the black hole of my purse, or singing within the sofa cushions.
Etymology: cell: short for cell phone. The Clapper: a sound activated invention that switches on and off lamps.
Findbyringin
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say 'find' then ' by ' and finally , Ring and in "
Sentence: To track cellphones down , I like to findbyringin
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
Cellabait
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sell a bate
Sentence: Hope was running out. Hope had to get to work at the Drag Club soon. But Hope could not find his cellphone. After much searching through the piles of clothes and costumes scattered around Hope's house, Hope dialed the cellphone number on the house phone and Hallelujah, the cellabait cellabrations could begin when the weak but distinctive musical sound of Hope's cellphone belting out "I'm just a girl who cayn't say no" rang out joyously amid the heaps of lace and satin!
Etymology: cell (cellular telephone) & abate (to reduce in intensity)& bait (to lure) & celibate (abstaining from sex by taking a vow)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James