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Welcome to the world of communifaking. Even if you do not know what the word means, you would most probably have done it at some point in your life, more so if you are a youngster.

Have you ever pretended to talk on the mobile, when you are actually not? If yes, you are not alone, you are part of a huge new global phenomenon – communifaking. Most people are guilty of doing it at some time or another for different reasons. In fact, you would be considered weird, if you do not do it.

Communifaking is the act of pretending to be talking, surfing or texting on the phone, when in reality you are not communicating with anyone at all.

Recently, the British mobile operator 3, conducted a research and found that this is mostly done by the younger age group in the UK. They found that a large percentage of communifakers are teenagers and people below the age of 24. The percentage of women is seen to be slightly higher than men. (more…)