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an answering machine
"she doesn't even know how to transcribe a message from her phoneman!"
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Phonemando 

Similar to leaving the house with no underwear. Going phonemando is defined as leaving the house/car without your cell phone.
Dude my cell battery was dead, and I had to leave it at home in the charger. I hate going phonemando, I feel so naked
Phonemando by CharveyChicago September 10, 2010

phonemic 

A person who throws up the the smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, such as the m of mat and the b of bat in English.
That English paper was really bad. Are you a phonemic?
phonemic by Not a Phonemic December 6, 2004

phonemedown

A used cell phone given to another family member, usually a younger person.
I got a phonemedown when my older brother got a new smartphone for his sixteenth birthday.
phonemedown by Photopilot October 19, 2013

Phonemance 

I coined this phrase years ago after dealing with several similar situations...

When you take an online "relationship" offline and talk on the phone. Usually involves spending countless hours texting and talking about everything, acting almost as if you are a couple, without meeting.

If dragged on too long, it can result in disappointment.
I'm not really into having a phonemance with you, if we are feeling each other, lets get together and hang out!
Phonemance by italiana70 June 27, 2009
A phoneme is one of the units of sound (or gesture in the case of sign languages, see chereme) that distinguish one word from another in particular language. by wiki
1. plementary distribution?

1.1 Yes. Are the sounds phonetically similar?
1.1.1 Yes. They are allophones of the same phoneme.
1.1.2 No. They belong to two separate phonemes.

1.2 No. Does substituting one soung for the other change meaning?
1.2.1 Yes. Refer to 1.1.2
1.2.2 No. They are in free variation.
phoneme by CTT350 December 16, 2016