phub

== English == === Etymology === Blend of phone +‎ snub, coined by Adrian Mills at the McCann advertising agency in a brainstorming session in collaboration with the Macquarie Dictionary and a group of selected wordsmiths; subsequently widely promoted by the McCann agency. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʌb/ === Verb === phub (third-person singular simple present phubs, present participle phubbing, simple past and past participle phubbed) (transitive, neologism) To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone. === Noun === phub (plural phubs) An instance of phubbing. === Derived terms === === Anagrams === PBUH