Poll There have been a few complaints recently (well, two actually) about our increasing use of the word "mobe":

I really hate the word "mobe". What does it mean? Mobile phone? A mobile phone with a camera?

I know you're UK-based and I do understand most of these English oddities that appear in your articles, but the word "mobe" is just plain annoying. It's actually annoying to read, and I have never ever in my life encountered a word I hate to read (ok, Harry Potter books have some pretty annoying words like Squigglesworth or something, but they don't count).

So please, STOP USING THE WORD MOBE!

Yours,

Juho

Well, in the spirit of democracy for which Vulture Central is rightly famous, we're going to let you, our beloved readers, decide whether or not "mobe" should in future be proscribed.

Lester says he will abide by the decision, as long as he is not obliged to substitute the barbarism "cellphone". Fair enough - let the people decide:

Should El Reg prohibit the use of the word "mobe"?

That litany of mobe outrages in full

• MS polishes UK dialect dictionaries (13 June 2007)
• NSFW NY subway perv 'really is a w*nker' (11 April 2006)
• Stob Skunkworks roundup (5 April 2006)
• Poll result Readers indulge in lappy-slapping (15 March 2006)
• Chinese mobe sellers bundle smut to boost sales (31 August 2005)
• NY subway perv busted by mobe snap (31 August 2005)
• Student constructs hamster-powered mobe charger (29 August 2005)
• Denzel Washington fights theatre mobe menace (20 April 2005)
• Romanian hides stolen mobe in vagina (19 April 2005)
• Police quell Bangladesh mobe riot (1 April 2005)
• Czech outfit punts big mobe for old people (9 February 2005)
• Indian teen kidnaps self to buy Nokia mobe (4 February 2005)
• Orange beams jam-busting TV to your mobe (24 December 2004)
• Are you a mobe-hating foot fetishist? (17 November 2004)
• Follow the Vendee Globe on your mobe (2 November 2004)