When a mobile phone call drops out, the ensuing attempts to call each other back on both sides results in endless straight-to-voicemail calls, engaged signals, more dropouts... it's just useless.
Adapted from the term "war of attrition", in which both forces wear each other down over a long period of time, resulting in little success for either.
Adapted from the term "war of attrition", in which both forces wear each other down over a long period of time, resulting in little success for either.
Nick just dropped out; I'm trying to get ahold of him for the fourth time, but it's just a call of attrition at the moment.
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by Roughbuff November 14, 2004
Get the Anal Attentive mug.A word used by psychologists which simply means "relating to attention." Psychologists know this, it's just that they think they're sound important if they use more syllables when they talk.
Psychologist Kevin said "Wow! That Maria is such an attentional whore!"
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Psychologist Kevin said "Why can't I say 'attentional density?' It sounds more important than attention density!"
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Psychologist Kevin said "Why can't I say 'attentional density?' It sounds more important than attention density!"
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1) They've been hooking up since freshman year of college. We've graduated and live in New York now. Six years! This isn't just your casual one-night stand anymore...this is a hookup of attrition.
2) Don't pay attention to her when she talks about that guy. Their relationship is a hookup of attrition.
3) He's hitting himself upside the head because his hookup of attrition is being a bitch again.
2) Don't pay attention to her when she talks about that guy. Their relationship is a hookup of attrition.
3) He's hitting himself upside the head because his hookup of attrition is being a bitch again.
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