[Ads-l] Smombie -- WOTY?

[Dan Goncharoff]

"It was sort of a joke when the distracted pedestrian phenomenon first
arrived, right? YouTube is filled with highlight reels of texters falling
into fountains <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpVpsaItpU>. The Germans
have a word for such people: smombie
<http://www.thelocal.de/20151114/are-you-a-smombie-german-youth-word-2016>—smartphone
plus zombie."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/texting-while-walking-isnt-funny-anymore-1455734501
DanG

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