phone phreak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of phone phreak
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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Everyone is his own cognitive hacker, his own potential phone phreak.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2017
At some point the remote tandem would route a call back to the phone phreak, who could then prank the hapless caller.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2013
Perhaps the ultimate phone phreak prank belongs to Captain Crunch and a friend of his, though their material came courtesy of Johnny Carson’s joke writers.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2013
The Captain has been following me around by phone, calling up everywhere I go with additional bits of advice and explanation for me and whatever phone phreak I happen to be visiting.
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
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