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FNWGMOBDVZXDNW
2016 Apr 27, 5:44am
I would might have gone with Phombies for phone zombies. Some day, we are going to have to drop the 'smart' in front of our phones.
Dan8267
2016 Apr 27, 8:41am
What is a Smombie?? It is a portmanteau of "smartphone" and "zombies"
That term is smopid.
Dan8267
2016 Apr 27, 8:43am
This city embedded traffic lights in the sidewalks so that smartphone users don’t have to look up
Ummm, really bad idea. Some people run red lights. Pedestrians should not be encouraged to refrain from looking up before crossing the street.
Strategist
2016 Apr 27, 9:35am
Hey Dan, you are such a cry baby, putting me on ignore every time you lose an argument.
Grow some balls, be a man.
justme
2016 Apr 27, 10:02am
Or maybe a Smuppet (muppet=clueless customer as in Goldman Sachs internal email), or Fuppet (F=facebook)?
What is a Smombie?? It is a portmanteau of "smartphone" and "zombies" used to describe people walking and staring at their devices. In other words, people who can't pull their heads up out of their smart phones. Some cities (not presently the US) have started embedding traffic lights in the pavement so that (hopefully) someone who is looking down at their smartphone will notice the traffic light before it's too late. My goodness, have we really stooped this low (no pun intended)? I guess so, here is a link to the article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/25/this-city-embedded-traffic-lights-in-the-sidewalks-so-that-smartphone-users-dont-have-to-look-up/