Skip to main content

courtesy call

A sugarcoated term used by telemarketers which really means sales call. One of the most deceitful and misleading phrases ever since there is nothing courteous about it.
Telemarketer: Hello, may I speak to Mr. Smith? Hello. This is a courtesy call from Talk America which is inviting you to switch to our service. You'll pay only 10 cents a minute and you get the first 100 minutes free.

Mr. Smith: No thank you.

Telemarketer: Well, sir you get blah blah blah.........
by x + y January 29, 2008
mugGet the courtesy callmug.

call in sick

when you tell your boss youre sick and you need to stay home. sometimes youre actually sick but mostly you just want to play minecraft or something for 10 hours straight.
worker: yeah, *sniff* i think ill just call in sick today. thanks, bye. *picks controller back up*
by AnalPenetrationByForce January 30, 2012
mugGet the call in sickmug.

stall call

using the bathroom while on the phone. direct relationship with the advent of cordless phones and cell phones especially, particularly in da club.
Caller: "Where you at?"

Callee: "Um, in the bathroom--do you care if I make this a stall call?"
by Carrie Atwood/Holly Lester November 27, 2006
mugGet the stall callmug.

Call That Instagram

by James Dodge May 19, 2020
mugGet the Call That Instagrammug.

cockference call

n. The act of conducting business on the phone while a co-worker sucks your cock.
Monica's hair was stuck to her burning eyelid after her boss's afternoon cockference call.
by jeffapotamus October 26, 2009
mugGet the cockference callmug.

Exit Call

The phenomenon of receiving a telephone call (non-cellular) while in the process of departing one’s domicile.
“I wanted to board the 2:15 train, but I got an exit call from my cousin in New Jersey and had to take the 2:30 instead.”
by Lexicon Injection Project April 10, 2009
mugGet the Exit Callmug.

Call the Midwife

A BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the 1950s and 1960s
I'm chillin out and next thing I know, somebody's screaming in agony in the other room. I walk over to see what's up and I say to my lady friend "Hey! Its that show where somebody's giving birth every 5 minutes" . She says "Yup! I'm watching Call the Midwife again"
by you_say_what_now? March 4, 2016
mugGet the Call the Midwifemug.

Share this definition