phubs

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A form of phub — To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of phub
noun
  1. pluralplural of phub
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APA

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Chicago

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