smack; bandwidth; nomophobia

[Ben Zimmer]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> Today a Fox News caption defines: "Nomophobia: Fear of Being Without a
>> Smart Phone."
>
> UrbanDictionary has "nomophobia" from 2008.

...which was when it was coined for a UK Post Office report.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/txyr.htm#N4
http://www.wordspy.com/words/nomophobia.asp

--bgz

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