Bleepilepsy

Bleepilepsy
From Douglas Coupland's MicroSerfs: the twitching reaction of a group of people disturbed the the sound of a pager or mobile phone going off. Usually results in frenzied hunting through handbags, pockets, rucksacks, etc.
Especially frenzied when a phone goes off in a theatre.

The meeting collapsed into chaos as Fred's mobile went off. Everyone went into bleepilepsy until they realised they had better taste than to use the Nokia standard ringtone.


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  • Bleepilepsy — From Douglas Coupland s MicroSerfs: the twitching reaction of a group of people disturbed the the sound of a pager or mobile phone going off. Usually results in frenzied hunting through handbags, pockets, rucksacks, etc. Especially frenzied when… …   Dictionary of american slang

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