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telescam

noun; compounding
Illegal money-making schemes conducted by phony telemarketers.
 
For Downs, the secret finally came out when she gave her 19 children and grandchildren shoe boxes stuffed with nearly identical collections of telescam trash.
Etymology : [Compound tele- (clipping of telephone) and scam]
Source : Time magazine.
Last modified: 10 June 2008


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