Verboticism: Cellseeus
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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Phonamne
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I lost Katy Perry's phone and couldn't find it, so I called it and heard the phonamne!
Etymology: phon - sound, a, mne - to remember
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
Exocryptomne
Created by: ntaylor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After experiencing exocryptomne, now I will always keep my phone on ringer, not silent.
Etymology: (exo- outside + crypt- hidden + mne- memory)
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.
Need-dial
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: need-diyul
Sentence: i find it helpful to put need-dial on speed-dial
Etymology: need, speed dial
Myselocate
Created by: badsnudge
Pronunciation: my sell uh kate
Sentence: Henrietta did not accompany Herman to the dog show because she could not successfully myselocate her mobile phone and she was awaiting an important call from her dentist who eventually informed her that the radio signal she was receiving through her molar was actually not transceiver-related, but rather a side effect of the anti-psychotic medication she was taking.
Etymology: my+cell+locate
Denialtone
Created by: cysglyd
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Calling the missing mobile gained him nothing but a plaintive denialtone.
Etymology: dialtone, denial
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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Hideandgobeep
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hahyd-n-goh-beep
Sentence: Jerry is one of the few people under 30 who still has a land-line phone. He never calls anybody on it. None of his friends even know the number. He only uses it when he plays hideandgobeep to locate the cell phone he misplaces at least three times a day.
Etymology: hide-and-go-seek (one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them) + beep (a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn or electronic device)
