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phubbed

phubbed is the simple past and past participle of phub.

Meaning of phub

Verb

phub (third-person singular simple present phubs, present participle phubbing, simple past and past participle phubbed)

  1. (neologism, transitive) To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone.
    • Phubbing has been theorized to provoke conflict in romantic relationships because the partner being phubbed feels unimportant and deprioritized compared to the digital content delivered through their partner's mobile phone.2018, Zizi Papacharissi, editor, A Networked Self and Love, Routledge, →ISBN

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Questions about phubbed

What is phubbed the simple past and past participle of?
Phubbed is the simple past and past participle of phub.

Words near phubbed in the dictionary

  1. Phu Quoc Ridgeback
  2. Phu Quoc Ridgebacks
  3. Phua
  4. Phuan
  5. phub
  6. phubbed
  7. phubbee
  8. phubbees
  9. phubber
  10. phubbers
  11. phubbing

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