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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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Hocusfocus
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: ho cuss foh cuss
Sentence: Len's covert cell phone hocusfocus makes him a real shudderbug.
Etymology: Hocus Pocus, Focus. Hocus Pocus - a trickery. Focus - 1. Camera adjustment to obtain a sharper, clearer photo.
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COMMENTS:
Was difficult to chose between these two verbotomies. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 00:37:00
Very clever...two for the price of one! - Mustang, 2009-02-06: 07:18:00
Wonderful play on words....hocusfocus or focuspocus....both say it all... - mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:14:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00
Good word...lens itself to many ideas. He may end up being framed if he has any more exposure! - Nosila, 2009-02-06: 22:27:00
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Sneakshot
Created by: neljifer
Pronunciation: Just like the words sneak and shot.
Sentence: I was mortified when I caught my younger brother taking a sneakshot of me playing air guitar in my bedroom.
Etymology:
Photosecrosy
Created by: tripnfallpivot
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I just hate People commiting Photosecrosy!
Etymology:
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)
Snaparazzi
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: snapäpərätsē
Sentence: As a food-issue counselor, Joan was more than embarrassed to see a picture a picture of herself coming out of KFC. Some snaparazzi secretly snapped her picture because he (or she) thought her outfit was funny and posted on Facebook. She didn’t even know it existed until a friend of a friend tagged the photo with her name. So far she hasn’t been successful convincing anybody that the large bucket in the pic was just a convenient way to carry a number of salads.
Etymology: snap (an informal photograph taken quickly) + Paparazzi (a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them)
Cellphimage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: self/imaj
Sentence: A new kind of paparozzo has emerged with self centered narcissists being able to check their makeup etc on the subway by means of cellphimage photos taken with their cellphones.
Etymology: cell phone + image
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COMMENTS:
I'm always looking forward to what you will think up next. Never thought of this aspect. Fun and Unique! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:00:00
Another clever word! - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:17:00
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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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Cellophoto
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sello foto
Sentence: Now everyone who owns a cell phone has become a paparazzo. When they see a famous person, they quick use their cell phone camera to get a candid shot, which in turn they try to market to the newspapers and magazines. It is a cellophoto moment, where a picture of a cellebrity is something you can sellaphoto to the media.
Etymology: Cell (cellular telephone;a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver) & Telephoto (a photograph made with a telephoto lens)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James