This English portmanteau word, formed from phone (telephone) and snubbing (snober) was invented by an Australian communications agency in 2012. You could say in French that you “telesnobez”.
This modern gougnafier behavior, this “impoliteness 2.0”, has been developing for years…and that’s normal: our addiction is serious!
We look at our phone…
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