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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPhubbing
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Phubbing
"Ständiges Phubbing beim Essen kann sehr unhöflich sein."
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The practice of ignoring one's companion or companions in order to pay attention to a mobile phone or other electronic device.
"At the dinner table, phubbing has become an increasingly common and anti-social problem."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Portmanteau of the words 'phone' and 'snubbing', coined in 2012 as part of an advertising campaign by McCann Erickson in Australia to describe the act of snubbing someone in favor of a mobile phone.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phubbing" is said worldwide
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phubbing
Transliteration: phubbing
"Le phubbing nuit gravement à la communication en face à face."
Phubbing
Transliteration: Phubbing
"Ständiges Phubbing beim Essen kann sehr unhöflich sein."
phubbing
Transliteration: phubbing
"Il phubbing sta rovinando molte relazioni moderne."
phubbing
Transliteration: phubbing
"El phubbing es una mala costumbre cuando estás con amigos."
phubbing
Transliteration: phubbing
"O phubbing afeta negativamente a qualidade dos encontros."
फबिंग
Transliteration: phabing
"दोस्तों के साथ बाहर होने पर फबिंग करना अच्छा नहीं है।"
低头族现象
Transliteration: dī tóu zú xiàn xiàng
"聚会时的低头族现象让大家觉得很冷漠。"
퍼핑
Transliteration: peoping
"데이트 중에는 퍼핑을 피하는 것이 좋습니다."
ファビング
Transliteration: fabingu
"食事中のファビングはマナー違反だ。"
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