Hold the Phone

An exclamation used when something is overwhelming and/or unbelievable.

Rolls off the tongue similar to “Holy F___” and, as such, is used as a safe alternative.

Also has a literal sense in that, if incredible news etc came in, you would literally need to, “hold the phones,” and reassess the situation.
“I know it’s very common but I’ve actually never eaten food.”

“Hold the phone! How have you never eaten?!”

Osmosis.”
by Like2Define February 20, 2021
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phone maze

An aggravating attempt by large corporations to forever hold unsuspecting customers in an endless loop of button pushing.
"I was stuck in that phone maze for two hours before I talked to an actual person!"
by silhouette July 28, 2004
mugGet the phone mazemug.

phone hell

A state of agony that occurs when you are anxiously anticipating a phone call or text and you look at your cell phone every 30 seconds.
I am burning in phone hell.
by stprizzy October 27, 2007
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rape phone

An emergency call box located on a college campus.
If you're being stalked at night, run to the nearest rape phone.
by m0 September 25, 2009
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phone fucking

To engage in an episode of mutual masturbation with a member of the opposite sex over-the-phone (i.e., phone sex)
"Wow! Me and my girlfriend just got finished phone fucking, and she sounded so hot when she made herself cum!!"

"I met this woman on the Internet, and I think I am going to phone fuck her before I meet up with her face-to-face"

"Because my husband is away for two weeks on a business trip, I think I am going to have to phone fuck him every night when he calls me!"
by Yeezus Fan December 10, 2013
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Phone tag

The process where you try to call someone and only get their answering machine. They in turn get the message and call you only to get your voice mail. Repeat until one of you give up.
by SWZ September 30, 2003
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dry phone

It's when you get no notifications from anybody on your phone. Similar to a dry spell.
Man, this weekend sucked. I had a dry phone for about a week now, no one is hitting me up!
by zerimarnad April 13, 2016
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