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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Cryptophonagogue
Created by: 718114
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We cryptophonagogued my phone and followed the hidden sound to it.
Etymology: Crypt: hidden, secret Phon: sound Agogue: to lead
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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Alzherphoning
Created by: Floatzilla
Pronunciation: Like an American would say it
Sentence: "Whoever you are, go in the other room and listen while I'm altzerphoning."
Etymology: Tastless humorous reference to symptoms associated with Alzheimer's
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.
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
Telecryptone
Created by: juliadeboard
Pronunciation: tele-crip-tone
Sentence: Can I use your telecryptone to find my phone?
Etymology: tele-far, crypt-hidden,+ -one
Stolange
Created by: suchipatel
Pronunciation: Stoh - linj
Sentence: She spent the day stolanging in the hopes that she'd hear her ringtone in the clutter of her room.
Etymology: Stol - To send Angel - Message "To send a message"
Amneing
Created by: scaredboy617
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's hard amneing where I put my phone.
Etymology: The act of remembering.
Cellicit
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cell/lis/it
Sentence: When Joe misplaces his phone, he cellicits it by relying on the cellhearular method of calling his own number and listening carefully for his personal and unique ring tone.
Etymology: CELLICIT - verb - from - CELL PHONE + ELICIT (to bring, draw out, or call forth)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:10:00
Cellicit is also when telemarketers for phone companies call you at home, during dinner, every night! - Nosila, 2008-10-08: 20:33:00
Excellent - Mustang, 2008-10-09: 05:17:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-09: 17:03:00
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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