Phubbing

  • NewsJasmine Jones

    ‘Phubbing’, The Social Faux Pas You Didn’t Know You Were Guilty Of

    Sure they throw you the odd “mmhmm”, glancing up up once in a while to pay lip service to your exchange but they’re not actually listening. Well, there’s a name for this scourge on our social interactions - it’s called “phubbing”.  Phubbing is a portmanteau of the words “phone” and “snubbing”. The term, which originated in Australia, is used to describe “the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention”.  Is this desire to favour our phones ov