"butt-dial," adj.

[Victor Steinbok]

That's progress--the usual avoidance term is "pocket-dial". But CNN is
cable... even if it played in many public areas...

     VS-)

On 5/13/2012 9:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> CNN caption a day or so back:
>
> "40% of 911 calls are 'butt-dial.'"
>
> That is, accidentally dialed from a seated back pocket.  The narration
>   spoke of "butt-dial[ed] calls."
>
> JL

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