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nophonophobia 

The fear of not having your phone near you at all times. The person using their phone all day.
Because Donald has nophonophobia, he can't even go through class without texting his friends in school.
nophonophobia by will9183 October 13, 2017
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Nophonophobia 

Definition : The feeling that you experience when you are not able to find your phone and impulsively assume it is lost.

All of us have experienced this at some points of our lives. Some frequently while the other less frequently. If you are an absent-minded person then that increases the chance of you experiencing this feeling, exponentially.

The fear or phobia of loss - the financial loss or the attachment to the device, both are included in this feeling. So the word is multi-layered.
Sentence 1 : The nophonophobia this morning, almost caused me to have a cardiac arrest.

Sentence 2 : My busy schedule is causing me nophonophobia more often these day.
Nophonophobia by AV Singh May 14, 2023

Nohomophobia 

This refers to the attitude some people have towards the homeless, where they are secretly afraid of being homeless themselves, so they cover up by being hateful towards homeless people...kinda like when a homophobe is secretly afraid that he's gay, so he attacks gay people more.
The people in Portland suffer from severe nohomophobia, despite the fact that many of them are destitute themselves.
Nohomophobia by Laura Tobin June 23, 2004

nofonophobia 

The intense feeling of dread or panic a person feels when they realize they went out and left their cell phone at home
Man, I had a serious case of nofonophobia this morning when I got on the freeway and realized I left my cell phone at home.
nofonophobia by Jerold in Citrus Park December 14, 2020
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
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A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
Word of the Day on October 12, 2026
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