scollegabye

(Italian <i>scollegare</i>, to disconnect, + goodbye)
The phone call made after a mobile connection is lost, for the sole purpose of formally ending the conversation.
Related word: "scollegabye-bye" - a text message sent in lieu of a scollegabye.

- Hello?
- Yeah it's me again. Just calling you back for the scollegabye.
- O.K. Bye.
- Yeah, bye.

by Enward August 16, 2005