Not exact matches
The researchers
even developed a «partner
phubbing scale» to determine the extent to which a romantic partner ignores his or her better half in favor of a beloved gadget.
(There's
even a term for it —
phubbing, or «phone snubbing» — which means checking email, texting, social networking, etc. on a cell phone instead of fully being with the person you are in a room with and should spend time with, like a child or a spouse).
Are you guilty of
phubbing without
even being aware of it?
There's
even a term for it:
phubbing, which means being snubbed by your partner for the presence of a smartphone instead.
Perhaps
even worse than disconnecting from others, however, Internet addiction and
phubbing disconnect us from ourselves.
We may no longer
even notice when we've been
phubbed (or are
phubbing), it has become such a normal part of life.