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hooked on phonics

when a large group is currently tripping on perscription drugs or various pills.
person A: "where was everyone last night?"
person B: "awhhh bro we were all so hooked on phonics it wasn't even real."
by Gabi321 November 27, 2009
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Phonetically Challenged

Disorder in which the sufferer can not spell at all. A consequence of book deprivation, poor teaching, poor school attendance, or too many hours spent texting/chatting. Sufferers spell all words phonetically and inevitably are teased and scorned by their peers and strangers alike.
If Jane had spelled upholstery correctly her English teacher would not have asked what "upulstry" was. She was teased by her classmates for the rest of the year for being phonetically challenged. poor spelling texting phonics
by CountyDame July 11, 2011
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phonetic

A style of speaking that involves confusing the listener with quickly spoken syllables and many consonant sounds in a row. Could be done while rapping.

This originated from microsoft.com's "A parent's primer to computer slang"
Yo, d'you see the spit coming out of Mr. Kane's mouth when he started going phonetic in English today?
by smoke_mirror February 25, 2005
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Phonetically embarrassed

When you are extremely ashamed of how you have poorly pronounced something you previously thought you had mastered.
I was phonetically embarrassed when my gringa wife corrected me with the proper pronunciation of the word “absurd”.

I thought to myself: How could I have mispronounced that word all this time? How absurd! Lol
by Ray1982 April 28, 2019
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The moment when that cute thing you type online sounds dumb when you say it out loud in real life. Like when you actually say "sneks" out loud.
"Hey, come check out this reddit for sneks."
"For what?"
"For sne-... Never mind I just realized this is stupid and a waste of everyone's time. "
"You just had Online Phonetic Palatability Disillusionment didn't you"
"Yeah, it hurts a little."
by Dr. Kissinger July 6, 2017
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Phontish

Acronym meaning
punch

Her/Him
Out
Next
Time
I
See
Him/her

Usually used when texting or in chat
person1:did you hear there's a new person in our hood
person2:ya punch him out next time i see him (or if its text simply) PHONTISH
by Nathan Xplosion January 18, 2011
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Phonetiphile

A person who loves the way certain words sound.
I just love the way pentoxifylline sounds when you say it.

Yea that’s cause you’re a phonetiphile.
by bigrem075 August 21, 2022
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