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Phubbing 

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!
Phubbing by Stop Phubbing July 5, 2012
Word of the Day on January 15, 2026
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Phubbing 

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? 👿👿👿"
Phubbing by tynickerson31 May 16, 2018
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phubbing 

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'
phubbing by tom healey September 10, 2016

Phubbing 

When someone talks to you while texting or typing on the computer.
Stop phubbing im trying to tell you something important
Phubbing by AI Goalies May 29, 2018

Phubbing 

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.
Phubbing by Tendo Tendick December 14, 2016

p-phubbing 

p-phubbing, otherwise known as ignoring friends and family in favor of a smartphone, has a negative impact on relationship satisfaction, life satisfaction can even contribute to depression.
I tried to get her attention with some down Polaroids of me naked, bitch ended up just p-phubbing with her friends.
To go out drinking and visit numerous pubs.
Closely related to the word clubbing put instead of clubs pubs !
Oreet Marras wanna go out on the lash ?
Yea lets go pubbing
Pubbing by thegreathiggins October 29, 2007
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