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Phubbing 

Phubbing: snubbing someone in favour of your mobile phone. We’ve all done it: when a conversation gets boring, the urge to check out an interesting person’s twitter/ Facebook/ Youtube/ Pinterest/whatever feed can be overwhelming.
I went out for a date with Johnny and he didn't stop phubbing me the whole time, it was so rude, i ended up leaving early!
Phubbing by Stop Phubbing July 5, 2012
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The combination of the words, "phone" and "snubber" which means people who lower their heads looking at their smart phones.
The number of phubbers has risen dramatically in recent years.
phubber by SCY October 9, 2014
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the act of snubbing a person in favor of your mobile phone; ignoring another person by fiddling your mobile
My boss has a habit of phubbing interns by being on his phone the whole time.
phubb by mt8781 October 10, 2013

Phubbing 

The practice of ignoring a companion,acquaintance or significant other in order to pay attention to one's phone or other mobile devices.
Jenni: "So i'm trying to figure out what to do for Easter weekend,I dont know if I want to visit my family for supper or go to the movies with Jordan"

Kendra: *pretends to listen to Jenni talk about her Easter plans while going through her Instagram page trying to upload her selfie*

Jenni: "SERIOUSLY KENDRA!!!! YOU ARE PHUBBING ME AREN'T YOU? 👿👿👿"
Phubbing by tynickerson31 May 16, 2018
A warrior like clan originating from Ireland. The saying in Dublin still to this day, "Never cross a Phibbs" is common. The English hated and despised the warrior like clan so much that they banished those they didn't kill to Australia and Tasmania. Three know brothers excaped to the America's around 1753. The Phibbs statues and memorials were all destroyed during the fighting for Irish freedom by the English.

The Phibbs clan joined with the English in the 1066 war and gained their nobility. Later when Ireland was fighting for their freedom, the Phibbs Clan sided with Ireland and nearly all records of Phibbs have been destroyed for they hated the Phibbs clan for the betrayal.
The Phibbs clan fought against the English during the American Revolution, aided in France for their freedom, fought on both sides of the American civil war.
A Phibbs can be found in a pub or battle field anywhere.
Don't get in his way or mess with him because he's a Phibbs!
Phibbs by PhibbsClan March 21, 2010

phubbing 

The art of looking at your device while someone is trying to communicate with your tech obsessed capitalist ass.

A display of utter cuntishness in the modern age of moronic device driven drones that lack everything unless they are able to get 4g.
'Hello - ..'ive just seen a.......'
' **doesnt speak looks at phone half way through just one sentence ... ***phubbing

'ive just been phubbed... 'what a phubbing prick'... it possibly saved me from a very dull conversation'
phubbing by tom healey September 10, 2016

p-phubbing 

p-phubbing, otherwise known as ignoring friends and family in favor of a smartphone, has a negative impact on relationship satisfaction, life satisfaction can even contribute to depression.
I tried to get her attention with some down Polaroids of me naked, bitch ended up just p-phubbing with her friends.