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Imantaghavi Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Bothering call

Hi everyone,

What do we call the action in which we call someone inorder to irritate that person on the phone?

How about ringing somebody's doorbell and then runaway inorder to irritating that person?

Do we have such words in English?

Thank you in advance,

Iman
  

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imantaghavi What do we call the action in which we call someone inorder to irritate that person on the phone? A cold call, telemarketing, unwanted solicitation, nuisance call, harrassing call. imantaghavi How about ringing somebody's doorbell and then runaway inorder to irritating that person?

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  • imantaghavi What do we call the action in which we call someone inorder to irritate that person on the phone?
  • A cold call, telemarketing, unwanted solicitation, nuisance call, harrassing call.
  • imantaghavi How about ringing somebody's doorbell and then runaway inorder to irritating that person?
  • Harassment, being a pest, pestering, being a nuisance.
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imantaghaviWhat do we call the action in which we call someone inorder to irritate that person on the phone?
A cold call, telemarketing, unwanted solicitation, nuisance call, harrassing call.
imantaghaviHow about ringing somebody's doorbell and then runaway inorder to irritating that person?
Harassment, being a pest, pe
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imantaghaviWhat do we call the action in which we call someone inorder in order to irritate that person on the phone?
A crank call.

-- Excuse me, ma'am, but we're doing a survey. Is your refrigerator running?

-- Why, yes. I believe it is.

-- Then you'd better run after it and catch it!
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Thank you CJ and AlpheccaStars very much.

They were so useful as usual.

Regards,

Iman
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imantaghaviHow about ringing somebody's doorbell and then runaway inorder to irritating that person?
This is called a "ding dong ditch".
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CSnyderThis is called a "ding dong ditch".
Really? I've never heard this expression, but it sounds fitting.
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Thank you CSnyder for your reply.
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Yes, this is what my 13 year-old calls it. He knows children in our neighborhood who do it.
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