[English Expressions] ‘butt dial’, ‘butt call’

You must know the word ‘dial’. What about ‘butt’? it refers to a person’s behind (or posterior – what you sit on). Then, what’s the meaning of ‘butt dial’ or ‘butt call’ ? make a call using your behind?

Can you imagine the situation someone call by the behind? You may already get the meaning of this. You may have experienced that your mobile phone called someone inadvertently when you sat on sofa or chair while you put the mobile in a hip pocket. ‘butt dial’ explains this situation.

Then how can you say if your mobile calls someone inadvertently when it was in your chest pocket? Yes, ‘chest dial’.

Meaning: You use this expression when one advertently dials a cell phone via the accidental pressing of the keyboard.

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