Ok, the term phub is not a shortened form of a well known adult website. phub | fəb | verb (phubs, phubbing, phubbed) [with object] informal ignore (one'

Ok, the term phub is not a shortened form of a well known adult website. phub | fəb | verb (phubs, phubbing, phubbed) [with object] informal ignore (one's companion or companions) in order to pay attention to one's phone or other mobile device: I'm not a huge phone fan so you won't catch me phubbing anyone | more than 46 percent of survey respondents said they had been phubbed by their partner. DERIVATIVES phubber noun ORIGIN early 21st century: from phubbing.