"phub" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fʌb/ Forms: phubs [plural]
Etymology: Blend of phone + snub, coined by Adrian Mills at the McCann advertising agency as part of a campaign to promote the Macquarie Dictionary by creating a new word. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|phone|snub}} Blend of phone + snub Head templates: {{en-noun}} phub (plural phubs)
  1. An instance of phubbing.
    Sense id: en-phub-en-noun-xg1mix3e Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 56 44

Verb

IPA: /fʌb/ Forms: phubs [present, singular, third-person], phubbing [participle, present], phubbed [participle, past], phubbed [past]
Etymology: Blend of phone + snub, coined by Adrian Mills at the McCann advertising agency as part of a campaign to promote the Macquarie Dictionary by creating a new word. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|phone|snub}} Blend of phone + snub Head templates: {{en-verb}} phub (third-person singular simple present phubs, present participle phubbing, simple past and past participle phubbed)
  1. (transitive, neologism) To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone. Tags: neologism, transitive
    Sense id: en-phub-en-verb-nyYuCFlZ Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75

Inflected forms

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