There are a lot of words and phrases that have entered our vocabulary as a result of the mobile phone. Twenty years ago we didn’t have to worry about pocket dialing, sexting or getting caught doing the mobile phone shuffle. If we even had a cell phone twenty years ago then it was probably a Zack Morris phone. Here’s an A-Z list of these phrases and more which have become a part of the way that we talk since we’ve started to use mobile phones.

A: ANDROID. We all Google and now we all know what an Android is – and it no longer refers to an “automaton in the form of a human being” like it did in the 18th-20th centuries.

B: BLING KITS. Sets of adhesive crystals that are available for decorating your mobile phone.

C: CELL PHONE ELBOW. This is nerve damage that is caused by excessive use of the mobile phone. It is characterized by numbness in the fingers. Its official name is cubital tunnel syndrome and it’s caused by other things as well but it’s become increasingly common among mobile phone users so the new term was coined.

D: DRUNK TEXTING. This happens when your judgment gets impaired from too much drinking and you decide to send text messages that are totally inappropriate or embarrassing. Interested in the funny stuff that people text when their drunk? There’s a website for that: http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/.

E: ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. This is a scientific term that’s been around for a long time but we’ve started to become very familiar with it in the modern world due in large part to mobile phones. Despite the fact that no studies indicate that cell phone radiation causes cancer there are a lot of people who worry about this problem making it a term we know now.

F: FEMTOCELLS. This is a type of technology that is being used to boost mobile coverage indoors. 3G femtocells are currently popular with people who want to be able to do all of their mobile downloading inside without any problems.

G: GPS. Sure we used this term before cell phones but how much more often do we use it now?!

H: HANDS-FREE. “Look Ma, no hands” used to refer to kids riding their bikes without their hands on the steering wheel. Now hands-free always refers to people who are talking on their phones without using their hands to hold the phone in place. Of course, it’s mandatory for drivers in many places to use “hands-free” devices.

I: INTEXTICATED. The act of texting while driving. Studies have shown that mobile phones make drivers as dangerous as drinking does so this play off of the word intoxicated makes perfect sense.

J: JITTER. A problem with call quality which can happen when using mobile VoIP.

K: KEITAI SHOSETSU. Keitai literally means cell phone in Japanese. When cell phone novels from Japan started to get popular this translation of the term started to become known among many mobile phone book fans in the rest of the world.

L: LANDLINE. Well we’re all familiar with this one but if you think about it this term didn’t need to exist until we started having mobile phones. As more and more people ditch their landlines, it may even become archaic.

M: MOBILE PHONE SHUFFLE. The act of slowing down, weaving and losing your balance or depth perception because you’re talking on your mobile phone while you’re walking.

N: NOMOPHOBIA. The fear of losing mobile phone contact. People with this condition may become anxious whenever they move out of the range of mobile phone service, lose their phones or see their cell phone batteries getting low.

O: OLED SCREENS. This refers to organic light-emitting diode screens which are fast becoming the standard (rather than LCD screens) for mobile phones. There are pros and cons to these screens of course.

P: POCKET DIALING. You have your phone in your pocket and you’ve failed to lock it. Your movements cause the phone to dial one of the numbers that is programmed into your mobile phone. The person on the other end picks up and hears whatever is going on around you but you don’t even realize that you’ve called them.

Q: QWERTY. It comes from the keyboards on our computers but this term is even more popular now that we have to decide whether we want QWERTY keyboards or on-screen keyboards on our mobile phones.

R: REFUSNIK. A mobile phone refusenik is someone who absolutely refuses to get a cell phone. Yes, believe it or not, there are people out there who choose not to use mobile phones because they believe that not having a cell phone is better for their lives.

S: SEXTING. This is the act of sending sexual texts or pictures to someone through your mobile phone. Parents are increasingly discovering that this is a common problem that they have to deal with their teenagers engaging in.

T: TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION. This term refers to an addiction to any kind of technology but one of the most common types of this growing addiction seems to be mobile phone addiction.

U: UNIVERSAL CHARGING SOLUTION. The creation of a standard microUSB charging solution that will be able to power all mobile phones by 2012. This is a term that we’re going to get more and more familiar with this year as this widespread adoption starts to take place.

V: VIBRANXIETY. This is the feeling that you get when you go to answer your phone and realize that it never actually rang. This is also called Phantom Vibration Syndrome.

W: WVGA DISPLAY. This is the high-resolution display screen that many people are looking for when buying a smartphone today.

X: XLNT. This word (short for excellent) is just one of any text slang abbreviations that have cropped up into normal language since we all started trying to fit our thoughts into 140 characters.

Y: YELLULAR. This is the act of talking too loudly on your mobile phone. This usually bothers the people around you even though might not be aware that you are doing it.

Z: ZACK MORRIS PHONE. This term refers to the big brick-shaped mobile phones that were used back in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s. It references the character on the show Saved by the Bell who was cool in part because he had one of these phones.