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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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smellaphone 

A little-known device invented to allow two people to communicate across large distances that could collect and transmit audial and olfactory information. Despite the inventor's enthusiasm, this never caught on, and only a few small phone companies in the midwest provide transmission of the smella-signal.
The commercial went something like this:
Smellaphone! Smellaphone!
For only fifty dollas, you could have your own.
Smellaphone! Smellaphone!
It would be like one great big smelly ice cream cone.
smellaphone by Stebo November 18, 2004
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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

smellaphone 

When you pick up a telephone to find that a previous user has left a nauseating odor on it, such as Avon perfume or burrito breath.
Don't answer that smellaphone, or you'll regret it.
smellaphone by Monkdunker August 28, 2003

Shellwhore 

A person who seeks out server administrators begging for a shell account typically located on a linux or BSD server. Even though such services are offered for free a lot of the times the person might demand technical support, troll or just be totally insane.

As seen on IRC(tm)!
I hate Shellwhores.
Shellwhore by omes- November 22, 2009

shellwhore 

a person who steals someone else's sea shell that is being used for an art project and refuses to admit it
I heard Michael took it, he's such a shellwhore.
shellwhore by krazzz3 January 3, 2011

shellone 

A beautiful intelligent girl who is driven and hardworking. She is a little shy at first but as you get to know her you will see that she is the most beautiful person on the inside and out. She is very protective of those she loves and she will not tolerate nonsense.
Shellone. She’s one of a kind!
shellone by Patrice.Shelly November 22, 2021