telephonitis

Etymology
, as though it were a medical condition.

Noun

 * 1)  A tendency to use the telephone excessively.
 * 2) * 1950, United States. Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee, Extension of Rent Control, 1950: Hearings... (page 104); quoted from the Times-Picayune, May 4, 1950
 * Ever since Saturday the A. J. Favaloro family has been suffering from an acute case of "telephonitis." The telephone began ringing at 5 a.m. Saturday and has hardly stopped since.