dumbphoning

/ˈdʌmˌfoʊnɪŋ/verb (gerund)Verified New

Practicing deliberate periods of degraded connectivity via a minimal device.

The dumbphone is not a retreat but an instrument, like a fasting window; what is being tested is not the hardware but the self's tolerance for reachability limits.

Etym. — *dumbphone* (established noun) + *-ing* — the coinage is the practice, not the device.

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