Urban Dictionary: Phubbing

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Phubbing: snubbing someone in favour of your mobile phone. We’ve all done it: when a conversation gets boring, the urge to check out an interesting person’s twitter/ Facebook/ Youtube/ Pinterest/whatever feed can be overwhelming.

I went out for a date with Johnny and he didn't stop phubbing me the whole time, it was so rude, i ended up leaving early!

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by Stop Phubbing July 02, 2012

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The art of looking at your device while someone is trying to communicate with your tech obsessed capitalist ass.

A display of utter cuntishness in the modern age of moronic device driven drones that lack everything unless they are able to get 4g.

'Hello - ..'ive just seen a.......'
' **doesnt speak looks at phone half way through just one sentence ... ***phubbing

'ive just been phubbed... 'what a phubbing prick'... it possibly saved me from a very dull conversation'

#moronic tech addicts

by tom healey September 10, 2016

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The practice of ignoring a companion,acquaintance or significant other in order to pay attention to one's phone or other mobile devices.

Jenni: "So i'm trying to figure out what to do for Easter weekend,I dont know if I want to visit my family for supper or go to the movies with Jordan"

Kendra: *pretends to listen to Jenni talk about her Easter plans while going through her Instagram page trying to upload her selfie*

Jenni: "SERIOUSLY KENDRA!!!! YOU ARE PHUBBING ME AREN'T YOU? 👿👿👿"

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by tynickerson31 May 16, 2018

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Phubbing is often confused with snubbing an individual in favor of your mobile device. In reality Phubbing is defined as the act of enjoying a film on the preferred porn network PornHub.

Do you have a date tonight? No, I'm staying in and Phubbing.