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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.
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Anite
Created by: Mclovin
Pronunciation: an.iht.
Sentence: i have anite. :)
Etymology: an-without ite-one connection too.
Necellrosis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nuh/cell/ros/is
Sentence: Because of Jenny's complete and utter reliance on her phone, she goes into a state of necellrosis when there is any type of service interruption.
Etymology: cell + necrosis (from Greek nekrosis - becoming dead, state of death) + neurosis
Wirelessinterruptus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wahyuhr-lis-in-tuh-ruhp-tuhs
Sentence: Martha is practically connected to her cell phone. She calls it Bruce and treats it like a boyfriend without the breaking up for no good reason part. She confides almost every detail of her life to her celly. The very thought wirelessinterruptus makes her quiver with angst.
Etymology: wireless (cellular phone) coitus interuptus (a method of birth-control in which a man, during intercourse withdraws)
Cellanxious
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: Sell-aink-shus
Sentence: Some neighbors figured Martha had been cheating on Ed, but really it was her cellanxious dependency to stay within a wireless service area that inspired him to leave her for good and head up to the mountains on a permanent hunting trip. He didn't feel like he was abandoning her as he packed up the jeep; he could see her through the dirty windows, talking on her damn cell phone.
Etymology: Cell+anxious
Ancellphobia
Created by: ThomasCannaday
Pronunciation: An-sell-foe-be-ah
Sentence: A lot of the teenage girls of the 21st century often suffer from Ancellphobia during school.
Etymology: An-Without Cell- Reference to a cell phone Phobia- Fear of
Panicphonia
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: pan - ick - fon - ee - aaaaaahhhh
Sentence: Lucille was so dependent on being in constant phone communication that she experienced panicphonia anytime her service was inerrupted, even if it was just for a few seconds.
Etymology: panic (a sudden fear which dominates or replaces thinking) ---> phone (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances) ---> phobia (an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things)
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COMMENTS:
sounds like a real word - good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-22: 13:11:00
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Loconnection
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: lo-co-neck-shun
Sentence: Debbie was having a peaceful morning until she realized that she forgot to charge her cell phone. She went into a fit of pure loconnection as she panicked over not being able to send texts or make calls for the 2 hours while it charged.
Etymology: loco - spanish for crazy + connection also it is pronounced as "low connection" which could also set off a wave of panic in the cellular dependent
Fatalmobia
Created by: ziggy
Pronunciation: fay-tal-mo-bia
Sentence: A panic arising from the threat of imminent disconnection whilst holding a conversation on your cell phone.
Etymology: fatal-dead mo-mobile bia-from phobia
Deringed
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: dee - ring - d
Sentence: Cindy became positively deringed when her cell phone lost power during the thunderstorm.
Etymology: deranged, ring (as in phone call)
Flipanic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flipanik
Sentence: Marcia is known to flipanic whenever she loses the signal for her cell. Her friends know the signs. First there is the look of dread on her face, followed by the quivering lip and finally the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Before she starts pulling out her hair they just need to nudge or move her to a spot where she can get bars.
Etymology: flip phone (The flip phone or clamshell is an electronics form factor which is in two or more sections that fold via a hinge) + panic (sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety)
Comments:
stache - 2008-04-03: 01:35:00
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stache - 2008-04-03: 01:37:00
to whom is credit for the definition owed, james?
Ah... Actually I made it up! Cheers ~ James
stache - 2008-04-03: 18:47:00
way to go.
holy smokes, half the universe gave a verboticism