phone phreak

American  

[fohn--freek] / ˈfoʊn ˌfrik /

noun

Slang.

1. a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.

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Etymology

Origin of phone phreak

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Everyone is his own cognitive hacker, his own potential phone phreak.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2017

Woz adopted the phone phreak handle “Berkeley Blue” while Jobs became “Oaf Tobar.”

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2013

Now, if you’re a phone phreak and want to scan for interesting numbers, what better place to dig through than Washington, D.C.?

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2013

Gilbertson, the blue-box inventor and a lifelong phone phreak, has also gone on from phone-phreaking to computer-freaking.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2011

“The captain” was Cap’n Crunch, and “the whistle” was the famous toy plastic whistle of phone phreak lore.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline