vishing
n.— «Last year some of us made jokes about Vishing on funsec, today it’s a reality.…Special thanks to the good guys at Websense and the PIRT guys at CastleCOPS PIRT.» —“[Full-disclosure] Vishing (voice/phone phishing)—public incident” by Gadi Evron n3td3v: Full-Disclosure Mailing List June 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Ever thought there ought to be an English word for this or that phenomenon? Such holes in the language are called lexical gaps. A listener in Ontario, Canada, notes that English lacks a single word for the mistake voice-to-text programs make when...
In 1916, a small-town newspaper in Pennsylvania printed a fanciful item about a local gathering with a guest list that included, among others, Miss Ella Vader, Mr. Ray Zor, and other punny names. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...