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DEFINITION: v. To secretly take a photo of someone with your cellphone. n. A cellphone photo, especially if it was taken surreptitiously.
Verboticisms
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Mobileguile
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mow-bial-gy-al
Sentence: Fiona used mobileguile to take a photo of the new manager at work (who she had the hots for) to show all her friends in the pub how gorgeous he was.
Etymology: Mobile(as mobile phone) + Guile(sly,cunning) = Mobileguile
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COMMENTS:
A rhyme is good anytime! Nice one - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:19:00
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Cryptpic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: crypt/pic
Sentence: Cryptpics are showing up all over MySpace and Facebook with the incredible improvement of cell phone cameras and the surreptitious manner in people are taking them.
Etymology: CRYPTPIC - noun from CRYPTIC (secret) + PIC (picture)
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COMMENTS:
like it... - mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:16:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:55:00
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Copervert
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: ko-per-vert
Sentence: Coach Wilson was a suspected copervert. Whenever the cheerleading squad walked by him he always got an incoming call. He then stood around tapping his thumb on his handset while talking nonsense to noboby.
Etymology: covert + pervert
Cellvert
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: sel-vert
Sentence: Jake was on a cellvert mission and took this photo while the sidewalk cafe customers glanced over towards 5th avenue where a crash was heard. Now he can admire Jenna from his room every night AND follow her around the city during the day. Ugh. Creep!
Etymology: cell phone + covert + divert + pervert
Photosinthisis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: foe-toe-SIN-this-is
Sentence: Knowing she was once again committing an act of photosinthisis by sneaking a picture of Clayton while he showered, Lewellen nevertheless went ahead with the deed.
Etymology: Blend of PHOTO + SIN + THIS + IS Word play on the word photosynthesis. Dunno why, it just had a cool sound.
Spiphone
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sp eye fohn
Sentence: her spiphone was directly linked to a see eye ay printer
Etymology: spy iphone
Cellsnapped
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: sell-snapp-d
Sentence: Deedra Directionless, cellsnapped her ears and face and sometimes body parts when she used her new iPhone. Her boyfriend, Sam Snickering was cellsnapping her while she slept, filling up her phone with all kinds of unusual images.
Etymology: Cell-short for cellular phone-(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) a portable telephone operated by cellular radio In full cellular telephone. Snapped-To take (a photograph).
Surrepicturious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sur-uh-pik-cher-uhs
Sentence: The proliferation of camera phones has meant an explosion of surrepicturious moments.
Etymology: surreptitious(obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized) + picture (photograph)
Photosecrosy
Created by: tripnfallpivot
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I just hate People commiting Photosecrosy!
Etymology:
Cellpwnd
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: selpoʊnd
Sentence: Michael certainly has a better idea that his life has few private moments after being cellpwnd at a house party.
Etymology: Cell (cellular telephone) + pwnd (a leetspeak slang term, derived from the word "own", that implies domination or humiliation of a rival)
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COMMENTS:
nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:59:00
A modern word for these modern times! Excellent sentence, too. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-09: 20:02:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James