wheeler n.— «Thinking of the poor guy himself as “the wheeler” as vets in wheel chairs sometimes call themselves, over the phone to let pp know they need accomodation. “Im a wheeler” See?» —“19 Wheeler: Only In The...
family photo n.— «What, for instance, had Russian President Vladimir Putin so engaged on his cell phone as the leaders strode onto the resort’s lush lawn overlooking the sea for what’s known as the “family photo?” The same for...
retail eavesdropping n.— «Some might picture an agent climbing a telephone pole and attaching a wire to a telephone line, but such a technique, called retail eavesdropping, is only useful for going after one phone line at a time...
vishing n.— «Vishing, in which the members received a phone call, allegedly from Numerica, requesting them to call a toll-free number to update their accounts.» —“Numerica Credit Union Selects TraceSecurity to Ensure Compliance and...
candy-bar phone n.— «“If I could just pick your brain: What do you think of the candy-bar style?” Mermelstein asked. “I have nothing against the candy-bar phones,” Mossberg said. There are three types of phones—flip and slide phones...
mobile phone elbow n.— «A surgeon from a Beijing hospital says more and more white-collar workers are turning up with a strange disease they dub “mobile phone elbow.” The patients’ elbows are painful or numb, and sometimes...