butt-dial
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
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Example Sentences
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When Elizabeth learns that her cancer has returned, Sophie overhears her parents’ subsequent conversation via a butt-dial from her father’s phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The availability of Johnson’s number was first reported by a British gossip website, under a post titled, “Hoping not to butt-dial Boris.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2021
The availability of the number was first reported by a gossip website under a post titled, “Hoping not to butt-dial Boris.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
A how-to literature has sprung up, with catalogues of hacks and interventions; there are apps designed to combat the butt-dial menace.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2019
On Late Night, Seth Meyers started by bringing up Rudy Giuliani’s embarrassing butt-dial to a CNN reporter last week.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2019
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