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(n.) Portmanteau of "phone" and "snub;" an act of inconsiderately paying attention to one's smartphone when one should be paying attention to a person in real life.

(v.) Portmanteau of "phoning" and "snubbing". Turning your attention to your smartphone when you're hanging out or talking with someone in real life. Often seen as rude or annoying.
"She didn't even notice I had gotten down on one knee and that I had a ring in my hand; she had her phone out, p-phubbing me by checking her freaking Instagram."
"Dude, I'm so sorry! That's like, the ultimate p-phub, man."
p-phub by propergrammarissexxxy December 4, 2015
Related Words
Phub Phubbing phubb phubaba phubar phubber phubbling Phüber Phubing p-phub
When someone approaches your car believing that you are their Über driver when you just happened to be in the same area that their app told them the real driver should be.
Those drunks leaving the bar tried to get in my car because I have a black sedan, but , I had to tell them I was a Phüber.
Phüber by Jokester Pinks March 11, 2017

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
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
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
(adj, verb) - Enblazend within thought of the realization of ones, or anothers own predicament; similiar to the acronym FUBAR except the connotation of Phubar is such that it's use is cannonical in nature revealing a pseudo-comical reflection; finding onesself deep within the particular confines of a given situation where there is no easy direction of thought as to ensue an easy outcome; revealing the limitations of thought upon a subject that is abstract in nature; the descrpition of the deep euphoria of modern psychedelic drugs
"John and I were pretty much Phubar while trying to find a way home from the party after we finished off the liquor we brought"
"My mind became phubar while thinking about quantum mechanics"
"After 2 doses, I was pretty much phubar"
phubar by Andy Robbins "V" June 23, 2007