Meaning & use
crackberry
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An informal term for a BlackBerry smartphone or similar device, used to highlight its addictive nature, or a person addicted to using one.
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He checked his crackberry compulsively, even during dinner with friends.
Colleagues joked that the new employee had become a full-blown crackberry addict within a week.
A note on using this word
A blend of "crack," the addictive drug, and "BlackBerry," coined in the mid-2000s and popular enough to be added to several dictionaries.
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