Verboticism: Celelone
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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Lostone
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /lɔ:stəʊn/
Sentence: Shh, shh, please, allow me to lostone my cell... Try to locate its lostone, can you hear it?
Etymology: LOSTONE. From Lost (No longer in the possession, care, or control of someone or something) + Ringtone (A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call)
Cryptemneia
Created by: kelseyslack
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I think i have cyyptemnia because i hear ringing of my phone but i cant find it!
Etymology: crypt- hidden... e-out...mne-amnesia..
Echocellucation
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Ech o cel lu ca tion
Sentence: 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)
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COMMENTS:
great word and great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-08: 10:11:00
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Buzzterbation
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: buz-ter-bay-shon
Sentence: Even though she knew it was a sin to spill her cell on the couch, Kimberly often fell asleep playing snake on her Nokia 5110 while watching Animal Planet. She often woke up and would buzzterbate frantically, searching through layer and layer of snuggie and slanket for the precious piece of pulsating plastic that once saved her life.
Etymology: buzz (to call) + -terbation (well, I'm a little embarrassed to say)
Cellalert
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sell-uh-lert
Sentence: Unable to find his cell phone amidst the clutter Elwood sent himself a cellalert from his landline.
Etymology: cell (cell phone) + alert
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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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
Mnecrypt
Created by: eloper
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Trying to remember where his hidden phone is was a Mnecrypt.
Etymology: Greek: Mne- to remember Crypt- hidden
Cryptomim
Created by: arandomperson97
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His phone was missing so he called it hoping to hear the ringtone.
Etymology: crypt-hidden o-song mim-to imitate
Autophonia
Created by: georgedent
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Noun: He often rsorted to autophonia to find his iPhone. Verb: She autophoned herself daily since she could not keep up with her cell phone.
Etymology:
