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Nomophobia 

Fear of being away from a mobile phone
Sherwyn has a serious case of nomophobia
Nomophobia by ravi001 August 31, 2015

Nomophobic 

The fear of being out of mobile phone contact. The term is an abbreviation for "no-mobile-phone phobia". It causes physical side effects such as panic attack, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, sweating, accelerated heart rate, chest pain and nausea.

SecurEnvoy's study found that 70% of female respondents fear losing their phones, compared with 61% of male respondents. However, men are more likely to have two phones than women, which may account for that discrepancy.

People 18-24 tend to be the most nomophobic (77%), followed by people aged 25-34 (68%). The third most nomophobic group is 55 and older.
Oh no, I can't find my cellphone ANYWHERE and I'm nomophobic - what if someone calls for an emergency, what if someone stole my phone? I'm panicking, help!!
Nomophobic by NDG June 19, 2013

nokiaphobia 

a fear of the nokia brand of phone,ranging from any one in the range except the N69. the only known cure for this phobia is by laying in a warm bath of frogs spawn
that guy has nokiaphobia

noobaphobia 

The fear or dislike of noobs. (see noob)
I leave internet chat rooms as soon as noobs come on, as I have noobaphobia.
noobaphobia by Firestarter001 January 8, 2008

Notiphobia

Fear of notifications. May be acute due to ones persona or situation but more often than not can become chronic. It particular applies to social networking sites that offer notifications but may apply to life in general as fear of being told anything.
My emails are accumulating but I am too lazy to delete them just in case they say something important. Maybe I have acute Notiphobia.
Notiphobia by Shake N June 24, 2009

Nopophobia

Nopophobia is when you have a intense fear, or hate Noptism. Causes of Nopophobia would be watching The Noobie
or Infernoblox.
I have a friend with Nopophobia. Hey dude, what are the best ways to kill someone?
Nopophobia by DefinitlyRealPhobias August 13, 2021
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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