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phubs

phubs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phub.

phubs is the plural 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 phubs

What is phubs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phubs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phub.

Words near phubs in the dictionary

  1. phubbee
  2. phubbees
  3. phubber
  4. phubbers
  5. phubbing
  6. phubs
  7. phuchka
  8. phuchkas
  9. phuck
  10. phucked
  11. phucking

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