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Chris -- 2025-05-10

#1 2006-03-14 20:45:39

klakritz
Eggcornista
From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'self phone' for 'cell phone'

People get very attached to their personal communicators. About 20k ghits. Examples:

Out of courtesy to others, please ensure that your pager, beeper, and. self phone are switched to the “off” position prior to joining a session. or event.
zerosei.comune.re.it/italiano/convegno2004/programma.pdf

When I’m online you can send me IM, otherwise my selfphone is always on and receives SMS.
www.arix.com/ec/contact.php

I think Papa Keane is talking to himself, on his self phone.
joshreads.com/?p=335

To make it sure test the SIM on a self phone; ... The device so far accepts commands coming from any self phone ...
www.tele-log.com/Manc307e2.pdf

okay, if somebody grabbed me and snatched me in their car, i would dial 911 on my self phone and start screaming, “where are you taking me? ...
www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/acti … ity298.htm

If you will be at Jacob Javits Center please give my self phone a call.
groups.google.com/group/SdeiChemed2005?start=10

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