Verboticism: Cellulocating
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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Cryptalg
Created by: smstone0413
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A hidden pain, the ringing of the lost phone was a cryptalg.
Etymology: Crypt- Hidden alg- Pain
Vibraflinrin
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Vibe + Flin + Rin
Sentence: Alright bro, I'm gonna vibraflinrin my cell, so shut your mouth already!
Etymology: Vibrate + Fling + Ring
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)
Selfone
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sel fōn
Sentence: Mary was not very good at keeping track of her stuff. She once lost a sock while she was wearing it but her cellphone was the worst. She would selfone her cellphone whenever she misplaced it. Just last month she used up about nearly half of her minutes calling the bottom of her purse.
Etymology: self (a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others) + phone (short for telephone)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:12:00
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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.
Phonlymne
Created by: InuYasha11
Pronunciation:
Sentence: For the third time this week, Melissa had once again made a phonlymne after leaving her cellphone on vibrate.
Etymology: Phon - sound Ly - to loosen Mne - to remember
Diallocate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dahyl-LOH-keyt
Sentence: A teasing telenigma taunted Bob with the usual "notingaling" when he tried to diallocate and phonepoint his cellphone.
Etymology: 1. Dial & locate. 2. Notingaling (Pr. no-ting-a-ling): The sound of a lost (cell) phone. 3. Phonepoint: Based on phone & pinpoint.
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COMMENTS:
I love notingaling - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-09: 09:38:00
Wow, four great words! ...Gets my vote. - Tigger, 2007-11-09: 19:21:00
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Mnecrypt
Created by: eloper
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Trying to remember where his hidden phone is was a Mnecrypt.
Etymology: Greek: Mne- to remember Crypt- hidden
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)
Wherizon
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: ware-I-zon
Sentence: I tried to wherizon my phone but I couldn't hear it now.
Etymology: Where + (ver)izon
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COMMENTS:
Also a good term for when you can't find a darn signal -- "I'm going to try to walk around a bit; see if I can wherizon up some bars." - Tigger, 2007-11-10: 23:49:00
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