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telestroking

A snarky and disparaging term used to describe the commonplace distracted attendance of telemedicine appointments by tuned-out and exhausted medical professionals during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
I logged onto the “telemed” appointment and was hit immediately by the vibe that my doctor was telestroking his way through the numbing electronic workday he was trying hard to embrace with an abnormally forced charm and weirdly vacant grin.
telestroking by Dr Bunnygirl February 25, 2021
A very popular fusion rifles from the game Destiny / Destiny 2. An iconic weapon that fires off tiny purple fireworks that explode after a short delay. Sort of like explosive diarrhea when you think its finally stopped. Players often like to rhyme the guns name with other words.
Person 1: Hey dude, what's your favorite fusion rifle?
Person 2: Telesto, its the besto.
Telesto by Atlas_975 October 10, 2018

telehost 

a television personality who seemingly performs the duties of a journalist but whose "interviews" involve condescending political attacks on non-Western leaders, and "serious" sit-downs with famous vacant personalities such as Britney Spears. A telehost is generally unintelligent, uninformed, has an agenda (instead of being impartial as a journalist should be), uses journalism as a means toward fame and fortune, and has no detectable journalistic integrity.
"Let's get the obvious out of the way on this one: Diane Sawyer is a low-grade telehost who has the intelligence of a doormat... -- excerpt from The Saccharinist entry "Round 2: Ahmadinejad vs. Sawyer"

Examples include Diane Sawyer, Christiane Amanpour, Bill O'Reilly, and well, most of the idiots on American news channels.
telehost by Saccharinist December 14, 2008

telecost 

An abbreviated term for telephone costing or telephone reporting. The term identifies the method of collecting CDR (call detail records) and processing them using call accounting software.
telecost by RSI October 4, 2006

Telestalketer 

A particularly aggressive (sometimes hostile) telemarketer who won't take no for an answer and calls daily.
Can't we get the this phone number blocked? It's a telestalketer!
Telestalketer by SCNYC January 14, 2011

telesthesia 

previously associated with parapsychology, i posit a usage that simply denotes an individual's mind/body experience of multiple distances simultaneously.
collegial diaspora : telesthesia of the heart and mind.
telesthesia by monpriere August 30, 2010