If you could invent a word in English ,what would it mean?

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Hi, could anyone tell me what's the most natural and correct way to name the action of being constantly looking at the phone, checking social media, etc. ? In a nutshell, what teenagers do all the time. I need to use a verb for this " hobby ". Thank you

What does "genuine" mean?

Hi please help. It's been a bit of a challenge with Lisa's school stuff everywhere. What's " everywhere" in this sentence?

I am a native Chinese speaker and want to improve my English. I would love to find a long-term language partner. Ideally, you are a native English speaker with a good level of Chinese who is interested in learning Chinese. We could study together between 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM Beijing time. I believe we can help each other improve by reading books or watching TV shows together. Please feel free to reach out to me! Thank you!

Which one is correct? Costume sketch for a wolf in the play "ABC" or costume sketch of a wolf in the play "ABC"? Thank you!

English students, try this!

Yesterday I was talking to a native English speaker online. It was getting pretty late, so I decided to go to bed. I was going to say, "Sweet dreams". But then I realized that we both lived in different time zones. So I said, "Sweet dreams to me then". I obviously meant it as a joke. A couple of hours ago I logged on HiNative and asked people there, "Hey, does this phrase sound natural?" They told me that "sweet dreams to me then" sounds weird. So... How do I make sure that everything I say sounds natural? Native English speakers don't like correcting my mistakes, even if I ask them for help. How do I improve my English skills then? And what's wrong with "sweet dreams to me then"? I hear native English speakers say weird things all the time! The people on Smosh sometimes say stuff, that I'm not sure even exists. Spencer once said, "Collect my pages" as a joke. How come he gets to make up weird expressions, but I can't? How was I supposed to know that the phrase I used sounded unnatural? I watch a lot of videos on YouTube, but I can't possibly know every little English expression, can I? Now that I think about it, don't people sometimes say, "Happy birthday to me"? I'm pretty sure I heard someone say it. What do birthdays have that dreams don't? Now you're all just being just dream-phobic. And yes, I just used the word "dream-phobic". I did that because I once heard SatchOnSims say "blue-phobic". And I'm pretty sure that "blue-phobic" is not a real word. God, why is English so weird? If native English speakers can say "blue-phobic" and "Happy birthday to me", then why can't I say "Sweet dreams to me then" and "dream-phobic"? Is there a dictionary where I can look up all these weird expressions? Sorry for the rant. I'm just so annoyed. Learning English is so difficult. And to think it's one of the easiest languages!

Thus, before one of your Java programs will run on a particular computer owned by, say, your friend Alicia, two things must happen. In this context, "say" means "for example" or "for instance." I don't get this well. Can anyone explain it more precisely or Grammarly. Does it have some hidden words like if I say or as I say.