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Someone glued to their phone.
We tried to get her to get into our weekend out of town but she was being a phonie.
Phonie by Elios26400 June 1, 2016
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A person you only talk to on the phone and don't actually do anything with.
A she's just a phonie.
Phonie by Basilisk04 June 10, 2021
Someone who is continually on their phone.
Look at 'im, the phonie!
Phonie by Inthetardis2 February 20, 2017
One who spends an inordinate amount of time using, and therefore is especially adept at using, a smartphone to lookup information on an instant's notice. Often knows more about how to use someone's phone than the owner himself.
My sister Mary is a real phonie. No matter what you need to know, she can find it in seconds using her iPhone.
phonie by duhnb August 23, 2011
A phone is someone that’s always on the phone rather than having human interactions. They will sit in a group and text each other instead of just talking. They’ll raise there head and look at someone right after they received a text and laugh then start texting back.
I seen Kyle at the party but he sat on the couch being a phonie all night.
Phonie by L. R. Blunk June 26, 2024

phonie homie 

when you think your best friend/homie has your back when something happens, but they end up ditching you for no reason
Dan-"dude can you be my wingman tonight?"
Kyle-"Sorry, I'm playing Combat Arms"
Dan-"wow phonie homie!"
phonie homie by imhilarrious April 7, 2010

cell-phonie 

Basically a person that you see walking down the street that feels the need carry on a fake conversation on their cell phone due to the fact that they are by themselves and want people to think that they are on some important mission or need to be somewhere.
Me and Rebecca were heading to the bar last week and saw Jessica walking down the street by herself, talking on her cell phone. What a cell-phonie she is.
cell-phonie by stuart williams June 11, 2007
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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