- Verb: Phub
- verb (used with object), phubbed, phubbing.
- to ignore (a person or one’s surroundings) when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device: Hey, are you phubbing me?
- verb (used without object),phubbed, phub·bing.
- to ignore a person or one’s surroundings in this way.
- Think Phone + snub
- verb (used with object), phubbed, phubbing.
- Synonyms:
- As this is a recently birthed word, no synonyms were found. However, such words as ignore, being rude, anti-social, snubbing, etc would work fine IMHO.
- Usage:
- “I thought you told me that we do not talk enough? Why are you phubbing me as I drive us to Tick Bush?”
- Encountered:
- The word was passed on to me by one the 3.141592 regular readers of the silliness that is Curmudgeon-Alley.
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That’s called “The New Normal”
I’m not phubbing you, I’m phubbing in your general direction. 😉