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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.
Blackdingleberry
Top verboticism of the day created by Kyoti
Pronunciation: Black-DING-gull-bare-ree
Sentence: Ricky had to blackdingleberry his smartphone for 15 minutes before he finally found it in his pants pocket, in the laundry bin, in the basement, just before Hildegarde dropped it into the washing machine.
Etymology: Black: as in 'black hole' + Blackberry: a popular cell phone organizer gizmo + Ding: a vague and unspecific ringtone + Dingleberry: what you feel like when you can't find your cell phone.
Created by: Kyoti.
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Echocellucation: /Ech o cel lu ca tion/ 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) Created by: zxvasdf.
Comments:
great word and great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:11:00
Eurekaring: /yur-reek-a-ring/ Sam had searched everywhere he could think of for his cellphone without success. There was only one thing left to do, the age old method of eurekaring. He picked up the receiver on his home phone and dialled the number, then strained to listen out for familiar tone of 'wake me up before you go go'(don't ask) and sure enough, albeit very muffled he could hear it coming from down the back of the sofa. Etymology: Eureka(cry of joy when one finds or discovers something) ORIGIN Greek heureka ' I have found it' said to have been uttered by Archimedes around 2oobc + Ring (to use a phone) = Eurekaring Created by: TJayzz.
Comments:
terrific word! - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:11:00
Nice ring about it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-09: 17:02:00
Brrringtone: /brrr-ing-tone/ A brrringtone is a feature for people who are prone to misplacing their phones. Etymology: brrring (sound of phone ringing) + ring tone + bring Created by: bookowl.
Comments:
Excellent...brrrring it on! - Nosila, 2008-10-08: 20:34:00
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Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James'
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James