phub
/fʌb/verb (phubs, phubbing, phubbed) [with object] informal
Ignore (one's companion or companions) in order to pay attention to one's phone or other mobile device: I'm not a huge phone fan so you won't catch me phubbing anyone more than 46 per cent of survey respondents said they had been phubbed by their partner
Derivatives
phubber
Origin
early 21st century: from phubbing.
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