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phubbee

/fʌbiː/

phubbee noun: someone who is or has been phubbed.

Noun

phubbee (plural phubbees)

  1. Someone who is or has been phubbed.
    • Phubbing is the behavior of an individual's continuous or excessive use of smart phones, which can cause indifference to others, delay, loneliness, anxiety, and other mental disorders (Afdal et al., 2019; Tan et al., 2013). In this social interaction, there are two types of persons: phubbers and...2021, Jing Liu, Wei Wang, Qian Hu, Pengcheng Wang, Li Lei, Suo Jiang, “The relationship between phubbing and the depression of primary and secondary school teachers: A moderated mediation model of...
    • Friendship satisfaction is necessary for maintaining relationships with friends. Does friend phubbing threaten friendship satisfaction? Sun and Samp’s (2021) study of United States university students revealed that friend phubbing significantly negatively predicted friendship satisfaction. But...2022, Yeslam Al-Saggaf, “5: Phubbing Family Members and Friends”, in The Psychology of Phubbing (SpringerBriefs in Psychology), Springer, →ISBN, page 46
    Antonyms:
    phubber

Examples of phubbee in a sentence

  • In this social interaction, there are two types of persons: phubbers and phubbees.2021, Jing Liu, Wei Wang, Qian Hu, Pengcheng Wang, Li Lei, Suo Jiang, “The relationship between phubbing and the depression of primary and...
  • But, this is the phubber’s view of friendship satisfaction, not the phubbee’s view.2022, Yeslam Al-Saggaf, “5: Phubbing Family Members and Friends”, in The Psychology of Phubbing (SpringerBriefs in Psychology), Springer...

Antonyms of phubbee

Forms of phubbee

pluralphubbees

Origin of phubbee

From phub + -ee.

Questions about phubbee

What does phubbee mean?
Phubbee means someone who is or has been phubbed.
How do you use phubbee in a sentence?
In this social interaction, there are two types of persons: phubbers and phubbees.
What part of speech is phubbee?
Phubbee is a noun.
How do you pronounce phubbee?
Phubbee is pronounced /fʌbiː/.
What is the plural of phubbee?
The plural of phubbee is phubbees.

Words near phubbee in the dictionary

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  8. phubber
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  11. phubs

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