Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Abbreviation of Pornhub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, uncommon
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name
Alternative form of Phub
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
An instance of phubbing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, transitive
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History
Blend of phone + snub, coined by Adrian Mills at the McCann advertising agency in a brainstorming session in collaboration with the Macquarie Dictionary and a group of selected wordsmiths; subsequently widely promoted by the McCann agency.
