robo-call

robo-call
 n.— «Cochrane’s employer recently turned to Robo-call. Last month, Montgomery Ward’s credit department switched on an automated…number—and immediately heard the wrath of its customers.» —“Voice mail is a boon to some, but a hang-up for others” by Laura Brooks Arizona Daily Star Sept. 14, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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