Verboticism: Cellicit
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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Logmnegloss
Created by: AcesOfHearts
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Once again, the irresponsible adult began logmenglossing to look for his phone.
Etymology: Log-Speech mne- to remember gloss-Language
Wringtone
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ring tone
Sentence: When he misplaced his cellphone in his messy bedroom, George was fret with worry. His ringtone was a wringtone until he could trace it's location by calling his cell with his landline.
Etymology: Wring (to twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish, one's hands in frustration or worry) & Tone (sound;pitch) and Wordplay on Ringtone(the distinctive noise your cellphone makes when you get a call)
Chronagon
Created by: Freepiehere
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Finding this phone is going to be a great Chronagon; especially since it's on silent.
Etymology: Chron-Time Agon- Struggle
Locaphoning
Created by: tuckerdognc
Pronunciation: Loca-fone, loca-foning
Sentence: Wait a sec. I'm locaphoning to find it right now. (Not to be confused with trying to locate your car: Locahonking.)
Etymology: Locating + the item or process: Locaphoning, Locahonking, Locabuzzing
Cryptalg
Created by: smstone0413
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A hidden pain, the ringing of the lost phone was a cryptalg.
Etymology: Crypt- Hidden alg- Pain
Cellectivehearing
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sell/ek/tiv/hearing
Sentence: Fortunately for Bill, who was forever misplacing his cell phone, his cellectivehearing was so finely tuned that he could pick out his ring tone in a hay stack.
Etymology: selective hearing + cell
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COMMENTS:
nice one JW - galwaywegian, 2008-10-08: 14:55:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-10-08: 14:59:00
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Amneing
Created by: scaredboy617
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's hard amneing where I put my phone.
Etymology: The act of remembering.
Brrringtone
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: brrr/ing/tone
Sentence: A brrringtone is a feature for people who are prone to misplacing their phones.
Etymology: brrring (sound of phone ringing) + ring tone + bring
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COMMENTS:
Excellent...brrrring it on! - Nosila, 2008-10-08: 20:34:00
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Crypthesis
Created by: delanybug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I lost my phone a few days ago, its now in a crypthesis place never to be seen again.
Etymology: crypt-hidden the-place a hidden place, no where to be found.
