Nomophobia Edit Meaning

1.

Fear of being away from a mobile phone.

That guy has serious nomophobia.

See phobia, cell, phone, mobile, tech, fear

2.

No-mo-pho-bia (,nô-mə-`fô-bç-ə) noun : an exaggerated, inexplicable, and illogical fear being without a mobile device, power source, or service area.

Origin: Dubbed by British experts who claim that state that fifty-three percent of mobile users, with forty-eight percent women and 58 percent of men questioned in their study admitted to experience feelings of anxiety when they run out of a battery or credit, lose their phone, or have no network coverage.

Urban Dictionary usage: “My phone don’t work no mo. I think I have nomophobia”

See nomophobia, phobia, cell phone, mobile phone, fear