"butt-dial," adj.

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/13/2012 10:53 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>That's progress--the usual avoidance term is "pocket-dial". But CNN is
>cable... even if it played in many public areas...

And these days many are seen in public areas.  (Not too many weeks
ago in the Lexington, Mass., public library ... and no one seemed to
pay attention, let alone notice.)

Joel


>     VS-)
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>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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