The feeling you get when everyone around you is on their phone doing stuff but you don't have yours due to it dying/broken/forgotten/inadequate, so you want everyone else to stop being on theirs,
*whole group on phones except for Liz*
Liz: Hey guys, I'm feeling pretty phonely right now.
*group gets the hint and puts them away so they can have a real conversation*
Liz: Hey guys, I'm feeling pretty phonely right now.
*group gets the hint and puts them away so they can have a real conversation*
by Wordminster420 December 18, 2016

What happens when you're stapling something and the staple doesn't completely penetrate to the other side of the document, resulting in a staple that has ends bent looking like a wired phone.
by pentozali June 10, 2007

by D~Ren June 2, 2005

by Johnfitz1775 February 21, 2018

Producing a feeling of absence of human presence or interaction caused by prolonged periods of cellular phone inactivity.
by Oti$$ June 20, 2011

by Noob_Cybot May 27, 2009

Used as a verb, the word "phone" simply means talked on the phone.
Instead of telling somebody "call me", the phrase "phone me" is more precise. You can call somebody on the phone, but that doesn't mean they answered and you talked with them. Telling somebody to phone them means you want themt to talk to you on the phone.
Origin: I made it up
Instead of telling somebody "call me", the phrase "phone me" is more precise. You can call somebody on the phone, but that doesn't mean they answered and you talked with them. Telling somebody to phone them means you want themt to talk to you on the phone.
Origin: I made it up
by maullster April 9, 2009
