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sell-phone 

A cell phone or mobile device which advertisers uninvitedly use to sell things to cell phone users by sending them text messages but also popping ads on the interface, especially when users are surfing the Web.
Some advertisers uninvitedly turn my cell phone into a sell-phone, an S, E, L, L phone.
sell-phone by but for July 19, 2018

selphone 

That's how teenagers write "cellphone" nowadays. Because, y'know, it's used for selfies more often than for calls.
Where's my selphone? I need to take a selfie next to my passing grandma!
selphone by KenM April 29, 2016

shellphone 

The device that sea creatures use to communicate long distances.

shell (n.) Look up shell at Dictionary.com

O.E. sciell, scill, Anglian scell "seashell, eggshell," related to O.E. scealu "shell, husk," from P.Gmc. *skaljo "divide, separate" (cf. W.Fris. skyl "peel, rind," M.L.G. schelle "pod, rind, egg shell," Goth. skalja "tile"), with the notion of "covering that splits off," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave" (cf. O.C.S. skolika "shell," Rus. skala "bark").

phone (n.) Look up phone at Dictionary.com

1884, shortening of telephone. The verb is attested from 1889, from the noun. Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927.
Crab: "I wish I could talk to Dolphin but he's visiting the Atlantic Ocean."
Fish: "Here just call him on my shellphone!"
Crab: "Thanks!"
shellphone by Scrat2o2 November 15, 2011
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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"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!
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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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