Meaning of telephonitis | Babel Free

Definitions

A tendency to use the telephone excessively.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Ever since Saturday the A. J. Favaloro family has been suffering from an acute case of "telephonitis." The telephone began ringing at 5 a.m. Saturday and has hardly stopped since.”

“AT&T may have found the solution to that teen-age disease dreaded by parents across the country — telephonitis.”

“Telephonitis was the most important clue among several suggesting that a person observed one Friday evening might be under the influence. He was talking almost incessantly on his cell phone in the middle of a small-town restaurant […]”

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