smombie

Noun

1. A walking person using a cellphone who is oblivious to the world around them.
   • Some cities have now dedicated pedestrian lanes for people using smartphones, have embedded traffic signals in the pavement where smart phone users are more likely to see them, preventing their unwitting stepping out...
   • Smombies are traffic hazards, prompting Augsburg, a city northeast of Munich, to embed warning lights in sidewalks to alert smombies of approaching streetcars. - 2020, Nicole Aschoff, The Smartphone Society: Technology,...

   Synonyms: smartphone zombie