Phub
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fʌb/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Phub is a verb meaning (transitive, neologism) To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone.
Meaning
(transitive, neologism) To ignore the conversation around oneself by focusing on one's smartphone.
More Meanings
- An instance of phubbing.
Example Sentences
Individuals who were phubbed during a conversation, felt less valued, less close, and less important to the individual who phubbed them.
Researchers have found that phubs damage relationships and increase dissatisfaction and depression. About 25% of couples have fought over phubs (Goldberg, 2018).
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.
Word Forms
- phubs
- phubbing
- phubbed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plonk, fash, fashy, unignore, unplonk, ignore.
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