[Ads-l] to spark a phone

[Barretts Mail]

On 15 March, the The Washington Post ran an article that seems to have coined an expression for touching button on your phone so it emits light without unlocking.

http://wapo.st/2FJiSRC <http://wapo.st/2FJiSRC>
"She found a dating app on her boyfriend’s phone. Then she bought a samurai sword.”
by Kyle Swenson

According to an affidavit filed by police, the room was dark, and she sparked her phone to see better.
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Much better than “I hit the home button so my phone would emit a little bit of light."

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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