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“Phubbing” – a portmanteau of “phone snubbing”, or deciding to interact with your mobile rather than a person – is a 21st-century epidemic.
To phub or not to phub? It’s a modern etiquette dilemma | Michael Hogan Michael Hogan 2023
bilby commented on the word phubbing
"It is one of the great bugbears of modern living: people checking emails and replying to texts while ignoring the friends they are with.
An international campaign has now declared war on the practice, known as phubbing - phone snubbing."
- Alice Philipson, 'Phubbers' who text while ignoring friends face worldwide cut off after Australian's campaign, theage.com.au, 2 Sep 2013.
September 2, 2013
bilby commented on the word phubbing
Confession: I fantasise about phubbing frogapplause.
September 2, 2013
alexz commented on the word phubbing
Search for stories using term "a New word" , got phubbing -phone snubbing
October 3, 2015
dhuber commented on the word phubbing
Short article from Webster's: http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/phubbing-words-we%27re-watching
"'Phubbing' is the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention."
February 24, 2016
alexz commented on the word phubbing
The OED reveals the Australian plot to 'make phub happen' https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/05/phub-made-eat-words/?__prclt=85zcQo6D
May 26, 2017