手机可以用来打电话发信息听音乐打游戏等等等等，这些大家都知道。但是还有一种情形不知大家留意过没有：街上偶遇不想见到的人，或者独自一人处在陌生的环境中的时候，某人拿出手机，让它靠近耳朵，面带微笑，让别人误以为此君正在打电话，尴尬就这么混了过去。其实这就是手机的最新功能：“手机障眼法”，它还有一个对应的英文单词：cellular faux。
Cellular faux refers to a social phenomenon wherein which a person acts as though he is on his cell phone in order to shield himself from uncomfortable situations。
“手机障眼法”(cellular faux)指有人为了避免使自己陷入尴尬境地而假装在打电话的情形。
来看这样一个例子：
When Peggy saw the beggar approaching, she flipped open her LG and began laughing incessantly as though someone had told a joke on the other end of the line. Still penniless, the beggar's plan was thwarted by cellular faux。
看到那个乞丐走过来，佩琪立刻打开自己的LG手机，然后不停地大笑，感觉好像电话那头有人在给她讲笑话。空手而归的乞丐就这样被“手机障眼法”给蒙了。