phub

English

Etymology

Blend of phone +‎ snub, coined by Adrian Mills at the McCann advertising agency as part of a campaign to promote the Macquarie Dictionary by creating a new word.

Verb

phub (third-person singular simple present phubs, present participle phubbing, simple past and past participle phubbed)

  1. (transitive, neologism) To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone.

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