Telephary 

A party game that combines the elements of both Pictionary and Telephone. Every person, while sitting in a circle, receives a drawing utensil and number of pieces of paper equal to the number of people in the circle. Each person then writes a sentence and after 10 seconds, passes their entire stack of papers to their right with the sentence on top. That person then reads the paper and draws a picture of the sentence. After 10 seconds, the person puts the sentence on the bottom of the stack and passes the stack of papers again so that the next person sees the picture and writes a sentence about what they think the picture is. This continues until everyone has their own paper. The chain of sentences/drawings are revealed and there is much laughter and merriment.

"We all started playing Telephary, which would seem really boring, but is actually hilarious when everyone is drunk"

Telephary by TheWrangler May 26, 2009

Telephreak 

Someone who has an affinity for exploring telephone services and technology; telephony technofile; essentially a phone "hacker" otherwise known as a phreak or phreaker. Also see telephreak.org.

I was talking to Beave about asterisk on the Telephreak conference bridge last night.

Telephreak by unregistered436 May 31, 2015

telephony 

This is the science of turning sounds into another type of media (radio, Light, electrical signals, etc), sending them to another location, usually far away, and then back into sound.

Telephony software is software that can be installed on your computer to send sound via modem, or via IP (VoIP). There is also telephony software to turn a computer in an advanced fax, and answering machine.

Telephone: You say "hello", it gets turned into electrical signals, travels through the wire, then to the phone on the other end, and back into sound, so that the person on the other end hears "hello".

VoIP (Voice over IP): You say "hello" into the mic, the computer turns it into 1s and 0s, sends it into an IP packet, into you cable modem, your ISP will possibly turn that into a fiber optic signal, back into an electrical signal at your VoIP provider. The VoIP provider will then send it to the phone it needs to go, OR send it to the other VoIP recipient.

telephony by Steven L. June 16, 2005

Telepharmavangelism

(tell-a-farm-a-van-gelism)
Found in the song "Symptom Finger" by The Faint, a word that encompasses the vast market of quick fix drugs (weight-loss, anti-depressants, sleeping pills, etc.) found on television. The "symptoms" usually appear with the ad/commerical and commonly aren't "real."
- telepharmavangelist

1.
"They're selling these great weight-loss pills on TV! They'll even give you a free seven-day sample!"

"No, don't get them. Its just telepharmavangelism."

2.
"Man, thats a good telepharmavangelist! Listening to him makes me want to buy the anti-depressants and make my life more full and joyful!"

3.
"You've got to get the shit they sell;
The pills that fix the way to feel.
Now they've shown you what to get,
You feel it coming on."

Telepharmavangelism by P. Hamster March 18, 2008

Telephrenia

The feeling you get while flipping through the television channels, stopping briefly on each one, and hearing logical sentences come out of it.

TV-"This is" (flip) "a great" (flip) "opportunity for this" (flip) "cheese sandwich" (flip) "and President Obama."

Guy1-"Did the tv just make a sentence out of random sound bites from different stations?"

Guy2- "Nah man, you just have a case of Telephrenia!"

Telephrenia by IamJLovegren November 13, 2010

Telecharge 

The wireless transmission of an electrical charge through a distance without metal to metal contact.

1. Hin wanted charge his phone without needing to connect the USB cable every time, so he went down to the electronics store and bought a telecharger. He is now telecharging his phone's battery.

2. A macaque monkey found herself in a tropical storm with heavy thunder and lightning while running through a jungle clearing. Unfortunately she got telecharged and did not survive.

Telecharge by nimbys_suck May 27, 2017

mental telethargy

The ability to be mentally telepathic, however, the realization comes several minutes after the initial thought by the other person.

Person 1: "I am sensing that you are going to go down first street."

Person 2: "Dude, we've been on first street for 10 minutes!"

Person 1: "Aha, My mental telethargy strikes again!"

mental telethargy by edible_freud September 20, 2009