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A social phenomena occurring when a group of two or more people, who should be socializing, are all on their phones resulting in a momentary or prolonged silence.
I should be talking to my girlfriend over dinner, but instead she is instagramming on her iphone and i am defining "phoning" on urbandictionary.com. What a date. #phoning #2016

When the conversation slowed to a lull, we started phoning and pretended like we didn't know each other.

When I looked up from sending a text I realized all 7 of us were phoning and no one was talking.

"Look at that couple phoning over there. I wonder if they are sexting each other."
phoning by machinegroup September 7, 2016
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Using the numbers on phones to decode curse words

Ex: 286 = cum
I'm gonna 2-8-6 all over your face! That's right, I'm gonna 2-8-6 all over your face!
phoning by Mister D October 18, 2004
The act of inserting your finger into a hole of a man's/woman's body (doesn't matter what hole it is) and saying: "E.T. phone home".
I was phoning that hot crowdsurfer at the concert yesterday.
Phoning by Onset_Of_Putrefaction August 20, 2013
Hey baby hey, you cool with phoning later? If not I'll prob just call your friend Becky.
phoning by Detective Kernel August 20, 2011
Amy texted "hey wyd" so I replied "just laying in bed phoning"
Phoning by JAV45 June 30, 2023
What happens when you're stapling something and the staple doesn't completely penetrate to the other side of the document, resulting in a staple that has ends bent looking like a wired phone.
Loretta, could I get a better stapler please? This one keeps phoning on me!
phoning by pentozali June 10, 2007
The act of throwing mass quantities at a person; Similiar to that of medieval stoning.
"Hey, what's with the bruises?"
"Kerry was phoning me earlier."
Phoning by D~Ren June 2, 2005