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DEFINITION: n. A person who immediately answers all cell phone calls, then chats on and on, leaving the people they're with, hanging. v. To answer your phone even when you are in the middle of another conversation.
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Cellout
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cell/out
Sentence: Brian's rudeness was abounding. Whenever he got a call, he would cellout, totally ignoring the person he was with. Cellout behaviour is the twenty-first century's virtual slap in the face. Cellout is uncivil, uncultured, boorish, tasteless, insensitive, disrespectful, ill-mannered, loutish, discourteous and just damn plain rude and impolite.
Etymology: cell + sell out
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COMMENTS:
Something tells me that you have an "issue" with this type of... Oh! Excuse me my cell's singing... - wordmeister, 2007-04-05: 13:56:00
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Icellationist
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /ahy-SEL-ley-shun-ist/
Sentence: They were out on a date, but Laura had seen Drew's icellationist behavior already tonight, and on previous dates, when he would talk with his friends for an hour everytime his cellphone rang. He should have been paying attention to her, shouldn't he? So, when he went to the bathroom, she didn't feel guilty at all about popping out the battery, sticking a piece of napkin across the contacts, and putting it back in. He would probably just think the battery went dead.
Etymology: Blend of: Isolationist - one who insulates themselves from ouside or foreign influences (from Latin, insula "island") + Cell - mobile telephone (shortening of 'cellular')
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - TJayzz, 2008-06-10: 09:49:00
he really gave her the cold shoulder - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:09:00
Great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:10:00
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Ruceller
Created by: Tanik
Pronunciation: roo-sell-er
Sentence: It is hard to go to dinner with Bob because he is a "ruceller."
Etymology: rude + cell + er = ruceller
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like there was lot's of chatting at the dinner. Unfortunately, you weren't part of the conversation - wordmeister, 2008-06-10: 14:36:00
Nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:12:00
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Cellibate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sell a bet
Sentence: Anthony soon learned the hard way that when you answer your cell phone, gab to the other party for ages and leave your wife ignored, you will very soon become cellibate! Yes, the only sex you will have is phone sex.
Etymology: Cell (phone) & Celibate ( abstaining from sexual intercourse)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant :) - galwaywegian, 2011-03-11: 03:31:00
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Isoboor
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: eye-sow-boor
Sentence: I was in the express checkout when some ISOBOOR in front of me started droning on about his self-important lifestyle. When pulled from the wreckage, the ISOBOOR said he's been distracted while using his cellphone. When Mickey gets off the phone, IGNORE her! She's an ISOBOOR. isoboorish,isoboorism,isoboored
Etymology: iso-to isolate one's self boor- a person with no manners
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COMMENTS:
...and that applies to those annoying little spaceships they stick in their ears!
james sternick - metrohumanx, 2008-06-15: 12:01:00
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Telinquent
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: te-LING-kwuh nt
Sentence: Bob had plans to made mega-bucks as a tele-salesman and, to hone his skills in being able to keeps several potential customers on the line for ages, he devised a game, called "Telinquency," engaging up to half a dozen friends and family members on the phone simultaneously. As expected, it was not long before this ting-a-ling telinquent, broke and friendless, was seeking professional help for his "hang-ups."
Etymology: TEL (telephone); TING-A-LING (linq)ELINQUENT(delinquent) :failing in what duty or behaviour requires; offending by neglect; guilty of a misdeed.
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COMMENTS:
how immature - he must have been a juvenile telinquent - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:10:00
He probably even used it while having a tinkle!nice word - galwaywegian, 2008-06-10: 16:57:00
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Rudecell
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: rood-sel
Sentence: Penelope was so shocked to discover that Chad was a rudecell, she couldn't believe she had read him wrong.
Etymology: rude + cell (phone)
Ignorrantus
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: ig-nor-rant-us
Sentence: After a beautiful romantic dinner, Sally and Edward were sitting in the car preparing their good-byes. Sally batted her eyes and demurely looked down, past the stick-shift, towards the pulsing bulge in Edward's lap. She quickly shifted her eyes up, and met his, which were filled with passion. In fact, it looked like he was about to explode, when he suddenly reached down pulled out his vibrating cellphone! Edward's faced relaxed as pulled the phone to his face, turned away and started ignorranting with one of his buddies. Sally was left to her thoughts and sighed, "What an ignorrantus!"
Etymology: ignore + rant = ignorant
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COMMENTS:
your sentence sexcells - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:20:00
great stuff. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:20:00
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Cellabate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sell a bayt
Sentence: Rita thought it rude when Fritz interrupted their discussions by answering all his cellphone calls and chatting for ages, ignoring her. Fritz was always on the phone instead of the phone being on the Fritz. She told him that if he could not cellabate, then he would become celibate.
Etymology: Cell (handheld portable telephone) & Abate (become less in amount or intensity) & Wordplay on Celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
Cellovain
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: seləvān
Sentence: Bob’s love for his new phone is transparent. He is completely cellovain. He is such a servant to this electronic mistress that he will respond to its chirping at almost any time or place. The whole church was aghast when he stopped the proceedings of his wedding to take a call.
Etymology: cell (a telephone with access to a cellular radio system) + vain (having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
pungineer - 2008-08-04: 07:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James