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March 24, 2008MY LITTLE SECRET
March 31, 2008Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact – and it’s the plague of our 24/7 age
Millions apparently suffer from “no mobile phobia” which has been given the name nomophobia.
Experts say nomophobia could affect up to 53 per cent of mobile phone users, with 48 per cent of women and 58 per cent of men questioned admitting to experiencing feelings of anxiety when they run out of battery or credit, lose their phone or have no network coverage.
editor’s note:
nomo–
a combining form meaning “custom,†“law,†used in the formation of compound words: nomology.
[Origin: < Gk nomo-, comb. form of nómos law, custom; akin to némein to manage, control]
Thanks Ian
