snurfing

snurfing
 n.— «After she says that a woolly mammoth has put the fire out and that she’s fine and gets another ho-hum reaction from Jim, she accuses him of “snurfing,” the word Comcast has come up with to describe the act of surfing the internet when you are supposed to be on the phone.» —“Eleven animated web films show activities that become possible with Comcast package” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ShootOnline Sept. 26, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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