Talking on the phone while doing something else

[Gareth Branwyn]

Yes, the term is "backgrounding."

Gareth


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McFedries <mailinglists at LOGOPHILIA.COM>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: Talking on the phone while doing something else


>A couple of years ago I remember seeing a word for a new kind of
>multitasking: talking on the phone while surreptitiously performing
>another, unrelated task (such as typing or Web surfing). I've been
>slowly driving myself crazy trying to dredge up this term. Does anyone
>know it? Gareth, was this a Jargon Watch item?
>
>Paul
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