butt dialing

English

Noun

butt dialing (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US, colloquial) The action of making a call from a cellphone in one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed
   • 2002 July 8, Aclavern33, “Re: Is there a great deal on any SPCS phone now for existing customer?”, in alt.cellular.sprintpcs‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-06, message-ID <20020707220838.13072.00004393@mb-mu.aol.com>:

     I love this phone because it has GPS on it as well as the flip covers the keypad..so no more purse or butt dialing! LOL

   • 2007 November 24, Gordon Burditt, “Re: Design flaw in Verizon cell phones let criminals know you are dialing 911 via audible tone.”, in alt.politics‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-06, message-ID <13kh1sbqrvo335f@corp.supernews.com>:

     [I'm curious why they would include such a feature in the first place.] Butt dialing. Especially since some phones call 911 if you hold down one key on the phone for several seconds, it's easy to accidentally dial 911. On certain Nextel phones you hold down "9" for a couple of seconds and it dials 911.

   • 2016 July 8, crankypuss, “unlocked phones: Moto-G vs OnePlus 3 vs iPhone SE?”, in comp.mobile.android‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-06, message-ID <nlnv5h$nn9$1@gioia.aioe.org>:

     The Moto-G is the only one without a fingerprint sensor, which probably means it's more vulnerable to butt-dialing, unless they have new techniques I'm not familiar with.

Verb

butt dialing

1. present participle and gerund of butt dial