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Telephonically 

adv. By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.
Can I please recieve the secret code
That if enetered telephonically
Would pass me through to you
Which means it will be your beautiful ass number?
Telephonically by BeccaMarieee December 9, 2008

Telephobia 

Fear of communicating long distance (not just on the phone).

This word has the greek prefix "tele" that means distant communication, and phobia, which means fear.
I don't like communicating over a long distance because I could embarrass myself because I don't know much about the other countries that they live in. I think I have telephobia.
Telephobia by phillips1012 December 14, 2012

teleophobia 

1. The fear of making definite plans;fear of things ending. 2. The fear of religious ceremonies.
1. He hates finishing projects because he has teleophobia.

2. Most religious ceremonies scare people who have teleophobia because they feel forced to participate or sit through it until the end.
teleophobia by just gotta know July 23, 2016

telephonitis 

A common disorder precipitated by the overconsumption of alcohol causing the hammered sufferer to reach out by phone to every last person in their telephone contact list.
In a state of tragic undeniable pathos, a bad case of telephonitis drove her to make attempt after attempt to communicate absolutely nothing of importance with seriously shitfaced unintelligible slurring and an endless flood of tears!
telephonitis by Dr Bunnygirl October 29, 2020

Telephonic relief

Amy was suddenly alarmed that her telephonic relief may have awakened her parents down the hall.

Terminatrix Telephobia 

A phobia in which the person has a paralyzing fear of answering the phone believing that it may cause him/her to exit The Matrix.

This is one of the more recent phobias that has come to light, with an obvious connection to the Matrix movie trilogy.

In these films people from the real world are able to "jack in" to the Matrix a ficitonal simulated version of Earth as it once was. These people then exit the Matrix via ringing telephones that their "operators" send them to. It can only be assumed that said operators stream a code of some sort into the ringing phone that allows people to break connection with the Matrix.

People with this phobia may also innately be afraid of large underground cave orgies
I don't hangout with James anymore because I can never get him on the phone to make plans. Ever since he saw The Matrix he's been afflicted with Terminatrix Telephobia.

I don't think he likes the idea of a world where Keanu Reeves is seen as the last bastion of hope.
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