Thubbing is the name given to those people who constantly check their mobile phones for texts and e-mails during social occasions. Like weddings, dinner parties and so forth. Brought to mind a story told to me by a colleague at work.
Her lawyer daughter [lives in London] went on a first-time date with another lawyer she worked with in town. He took her to an extremely good restaurant and she was prepared to enjoy herself. She did not. He constantly received and made calls and texts during the meal, he also 'table-hopped' throughout . During this table-hopping he actually sat down with some friends and shared a glass of wine with them leaving the young lady stranded. She rose and gestured she was going to the loo but instead she caught a cab and went home.
The next morning he tackled her about this and accused her of being rude leaving after HE had treated her to a lovely meal. He was incredulous when she told him the reason why.
