Telemarketing

Telemachus from epic the musical. Was originally a typo but is now a running joke in the community.

Person 1: (posts an epic the musical video with Telemachus in it.)

Comments: “MY BABY TELEMARKETING!” “Poor baby telemarketing”

by Melo._.melo June 8, 2025

telemarketing

Being the portmanteau of "Teletubbies" and "marketing", this term refers to the marketing of Teletubbies merchandises, e.g. dolls, towels, door mats, DVDs and Blu-Rays

Did you see all the Teletubbies stuff at the store? I guess that’s what they call telemarketing—cash in on nostalgia

by Emotional Cruiser October 17, 2025

spam/telemarketer defense

Refers to a person's using the well-known prevalence of widespread fake/mass-advertising correspondence as an excuse for his not obeying/acknowledging a 100%-legitimate-but-unwelcome message he has received, such as a hefty bill, restraining order, or other upsetting/disappointing directive that he does not wish to comply with ("Well, it made no sense to me, so I honestly believed it was just a fake message, and simply shrugged it off"). The effectiveness and/or defense-worthiness of said practice --- and your chances of being let off the hook as a result --- can sometimes be further bolstered by "pre-innocentizing" yourself (such as frequently showing up in court for no reason and claiming every time that you'd received an order to appear, and then finally --- after being irritably told for the umpteenth time by the court-clerk that they'd never sent you a summons --- declaring in a frustrated huff, "Fine... well, I guess somebody's been playing sick jokes on me, so from now on I'm just gonna simply IGNORE any and all such notices I receive!") sometime before committing whatever infractions would likely result in said unwelcome orders, so that you can appear justified in your non-compliance with what you supposedly thought was yet another fake order.

I successfully used the spam/telemarketer defense when asked why I hadn't answered a court-summons; I just said, "Oh, that notice was REAL? Oh my --- well, I'd honestly believed it was a fake message... since I've had so many pushy telemarketers and con-men harass me --- sometimes even falsely claiming to be tax-auditors or law-enforcement personnel --- that I'd long ago adopted an 'ignore any and all such notices as fake' policy."

by QuacksO August 9, 2018

Telerarkies

4 junkie criminals located out West Auckland . You will find them doing nothing other than sinking cones, racking lines and cooking up a nice feed on the glass bbq. hustling to make next 5 dollars gas to put in the Honda that’s been running on the eline for a week straight. They have no respect for authority, speed limit or your mums rules. It’s hard to spot them in daylight, as they thrive at night.

If you spot one, make sure to stare that tweaker right in the eye .

“Do you hear that vtec mum?! Same, hide the meth, Quick! The telerarkies are coming”

by MCKRM May 12, 2020