robo-call n. an automated (telemarketing) phone call. Editorial Note: Robo, from robot, is a long-standing prefix used to indicate automation or mechanization. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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There’s also “robo-caller,” which dates to 1993 on the Usenet archive: news.admin.misc, 9/23/93, “I don’t recall any robo-caller owner complaining about Freedom of Speech.”
Nice. Thanks, Ben.
And let’s not forget about the verb! From comp.org.eff.talk, 4/13/91: “Last time I got robocalled, the discussion went something like: ‘Would you like blah blah blah insurance information blah blah blah sent to you no fee no obligation blah blah blah…?’”
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