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Entry tags:
telephone phrase anachronisms
dial a number
misdialed a number
speed dial
pick up the phone
hang up the phone
leave (take) the phone off the hook
unplug the phone
answering machine
hogging the line
party line
[to be continued]
I admit, some of these terms aren't totally anachronisms yet, for people who still have landline phones. But the "dial" ones definitely are, as only antique or retro phones have dials on them nowadays.
misdialed a number
speed dial
pick up the phone
hang up the phone
leave (take) the phone off the hook
unplug the phone
answering machine
hogging the line
party line
[to be continued]
I admit, some of these terms aren't totally anachronisms yet, for people who still have landline phones. But the "dial" ones definitely are, as only antique or retro phones have dials on them nowadays.