When one performs meaningless tasks on their cell
phone. This includes things
like re-reading old text messages and unnecessarily scrolling through their contact list. One resorts to phone doodling when they want to make themselves look
cool, popular, busy, or important while in the presence of others.
Person 1: "Hey
man you've been playing with your
phone for awile now, what's up with that?"
Person 2: "
Oh, I'm just texting back this chick I met at the bar last night."
Person 1: "No your not, your phone doodling you pathetic looser!"