A Tone Dialer is a tool used by almost all phreakers that phreak the pay phone systems. This is a tool that will produce tones automatically for you to play back into the phone system. These dialed tones may then be recorded onto a cassete or mp3 player and then later used at the pay phone system to get a free call. There are many of these dialers that are now available as software and some are becoming available for the Palm OS.

A buzz word being used to refer to creators and influencers forming or encouraging unhealthy relationships with their fans. Usually used in the context of young audiences feeling they have a relationship with the influencer due to the huge amount of the influencer’s content they consume. The influencer in question, however, is unaware of the fan’s existence other than the general knowledge of having fans. Common examples include Dream and his stans. These relationships are exacerbated by the influencers confirming they have more than a creator-to-viewer relationship.

The word is circulating due to various YouTube essays about the phenomenon using the word, and therefore people who enjoy complaining about influencers repeating what they heard in the video in any comments section they can find.