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1. The sound of the ringtone is too enjoyable to answer the call.
2. The song selected for the ringtone is so mesmerizing, the call recepient chooses to listen to the song over the voice of the caller.
3. When a phone rings, and the recipient becomes so engaged in the song, he forgets to answer the call.
4. The recipient of a call cannot answer the phone because his urges require him to complete the song.
5. The act of choosing to listen to the ringtone over engaging in a conversation with the caller revealed on Caller ID.
2. The song selected for the ringtone is so mesmerizing, the call recepient chooses to listen to the song over the voice of the caller.
3. When a phone rings, and the recipient becomes so engaged in the song, he forgets to answer the call.
4. The recipient of a call cannot answer the phone because his urges require him to complete the song.
5. The act of choosing to listen to the ringtone over engaging in a conversation with the caller revealed on Caller ID.
1. "Please leave a message: 'Greg! I know you're listening to that stupid song you like so much!! Please change my ringtone to something annoying and end the ringtone hypnosis!'
2. "You haven't spoken to your mother in months, man!"..."I know. It's ringtone hypnosis. I WANT to talk to her, but I just have to let the song play out."
3. "I'm sorry I missed your call. I caught a touch of ringtone hypnosis. It won't happen again. I'm changing the ringtone."
4. "That's your boss! Answer it!" ... "I want to, but you know...ringtone hypnosis"
5. "Dude! Ain't that your girl?"..."Yeah, but I like this song. I can talk to her later."..."They have a word for that, now, you know! It's called 'ringtone hypnosis', dude!"
2. "You haven't spoken to your mother in months, man!"..."I know. It's ringtone hypnosis. I WANT to talk to her, but I just have to let the song play out."
3. "I'm sorry I missed your call. I caught a touch of ringtone hypnosis. It won't happen again. I'm changing the ringtone."
4. "That's your boss! Answer it!" ... "I want to, but you know...ringtone hypnosis"
5. "Dude! Ain't that your girl?"..."Yeah, but I like this song. I can talk to her later."..."They have a word for that, now, you know! It's called 'ringtone hypnosis', dude!"
by Cravicky July 23, 2020
Get the Ringtone Hypnosis mug.The act of looking up information on a personal screened device such as a cellphone or tablet; especially for someone else
Trying to find information on the internet, especially on a cellphone or screened device.
The use of thumbs to look up information on a personal device, such as a cellphone or tablet.
Similar to "legwork", which was an act of traveling to places, such as a library, to gather information; thumbwork is an act of "traveling" to Google, IMDB, or certain websites on a screened device, instead.
The use of thumbs to gather information on the internet or through the use of informational apps.
Trying to find information on the internet, especially on a cellphone or screened device.
The use of thumbs to look up information on a personal device, such as a cellphone or tablet.
Similar to "legwork", which was an act of traveling to places, such as a library, to gather information; thumbwork is an act of "traveling" to Google, IMDB, or certain websites on a screened device, instead.
The use of thumbs to gather information on the internet or through the use of informational apps.
Tina: "Lisa, check Urban Dictionary to see if there is a word that means "looking up information on the internet"...Lisa: "What? Why do I have to do all the boring thumbwork around here?"
"I'd love to play video games, but I'm stuck doing all the thumbwork for my boss because he's too lazy to look things up himself!"
"Yes, Sir! 'is Jimmy Hoffa still alive?'...'how many almonds can a person eat in one sitting without dying'...'is the world flat?'...'must chia seeds be ground up for the best nutritional benefit?'...'how many adult giraffes fit in an average school bus?'...I'll get right on that thumbwork immediately, sir!"
"I'd love to play video games, but I'm stuck doing all the thumbwork for my boss because he's too lazy to look things up himself!"
"Yes, Sir! 'is Jimmy Hoffa still alive?'...'how many almonds can a person eat in one sitting without dying'...'is the world flat?'...'must chia seeds be ground up for the best nutritional benefit?'...'how many adult giraffes fit in an average school bus?'...I'll get right on that thumbwork immediately, sir!"
by Cravicky June 3, 2020
Get the Thumbwork mug.Congenital preference for one hand - usually the left hand - then forced to use the opposing hand -usually the right hand.
The development of right-handed skills after being forced by a teacher or instructor to use the right hand instead of the preferred left hand.
The development of right-handed skills after being forced by a teacher or instructor to use the right hand instead of the preferred left hand.
“I was born left handed, but now I’m right handed. My teacher transhanded me in kindergarten.”
“I’m a transhanded righty. I was born with the left handed preference, but my kindergarten teacher smacked my left hand with a ruler every time I wrote with it.”
“I’m a transhanded righty. I was born with the left handed preference, but my kindergarten teacher smacked my left hand with a ruler every time I wrote with it.”
by Cravicky April 3, 2024
Get the Transhanded mug.The act of changing congenital handedness; as in writing
The act of hanging from one hand to another
Changing one’s handedness
The act of hanging from one hand to another
Changing one’s handedness
Transdexterity was once a common practice of kindergarten teachers, when they noticed students writing with their left hand. They believed the child must adapt to the world and its inventions, such as scissors and pencil sharpeners, so they forced left handed children to write with their right hand.
The act of transdexterity was once controversial in the teaching profession. While some teachers believed they were helping naturally left-handed children fit in the world’s standards, others believed the world should adapt to the left-handed children, as they were born.
The act of transdexterity was once controversial in the teaching profession. While some teachers believed they were helping naturally left-handed children fit in the world’s standards, others believed the world should adapt to the left-handed children, as they were born.
by Cravicky August 13, 2023
Get the transdexterity mug.After several weeks of job hunting, the medical bills that appeared in the mail were so high that I tore the bills up in a strangry fit and threw them in the trash.
by Cravicky August 11, 2019
Get the Strangry mug.Difficulty in distinguishing the left hand from the right hand.
Difficulty distinguishing left from right, especially when anxious or under pressure.
Confusion between left and right.
Difficulty distinguishing left from right, especially when anxious or under pressure.
Confusion between left and right.
I have difficulty with directions. When someone tells me to turn left, I turn right. I must have dysdexia.
Raise your right hand and repeat after me...no, the “other right”...do you have dysdexia?
Raise your right hand and repeat after me...no, the “other right”...do you have dysdexia?
by Cravicky October 18, 2019
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licecatcher
Cap worn over hair or head or under chin to catch falling hair.
Hair net
Netting worn over hair of food preparers, for the prevention of hair contamination in food.
lice-trap;
lice-catcher;
lice catcher;
licecatcher
Cap worn over hair or head or under chin to catch falling hair.
Hair net
Netting worn over hair of food preparers, for the prevention of hair contamination in food.
"So, you're supposed to come in on time, be dressed in full uniform and wear a lice trap on your head and beard every time you step into the kitchen. Got it, Theresa?"
"I'm sorry you found several hairs in your pudding, sir. Every member of my crew wears a lice trap on their head and beard. Are you sure they're not rat hairs?"
"I'm sorry you found several hairs in your pudding, sir. Every member of my crew wears a lice trap on their head and beard. Are you sure they're not rat hairs?"
by Cravicky January 22, 2022
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