Phone yawn

The expression became popular during last three-four years due to great expansion of using mobile phones in all spheres of people’s life and people's habit of checking the information during the day. The expression “phone yawn” was first pointed out on Urban Dictionary in 2011 that gives the definition of the phone yawn as the act of taking out a cell phone from one's pocket or purse, resulting in other people in the vicinity taking out and checking their phones as well. It can also be described as “the contagion of checking your cell”.
Etymology of the expression: the expression consists of two words where the usage of “yawn” is explained by the fact that yawning in public places is contagious, it means that yawning is often triggered by others yawning (e.g., seeing a person yawning, talking to someone on the phone who is yawning).
The expression was used in the sentences:
1. As Harriet pulled her cell from her pocket to check for new text messages, her circle of friends phone-yawned, pulling out and checking their phones too. Not Becky; she lost her phone at the club the night before.
2. Hubby and I went out to lunch before heading off to Punta Cana. I thought the waitress was going to die laughing as she stumbled over to get our orders and caught the tail end of this convo.
Hubby: why is it that every time I even glance at my blackberry, you have to haul yours out? I was only going to be 2 seconds and you take forever because you always fall into the blogosphere never to return.
Me: baby…I can’t help it! It’s a phone-yawn!
Hubby: a phone-yawn? What in God’s name is that?
Me: well you know how a yawn in contagious. You see someone yawning and BAM, you start yawning? It’s the same thing but applies to cell phones, blackberries etc. I see you pull out yours, regardless of how long, I suddenly gotta check mine! If you’d rather I didn’t check mine, don’t check yours.
Hubby: I am unsubscribing you from the urban dictionary. I can’t take it anymore.
Me: oh stop…You know you love it and you know it’s true!
Hubby: damn…why are you always right?
Me: I’m a woman….just sayin’!

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