Now there's a name for when the phone rings just as you're walking out the door...

[victoryparty]

That would be an "exit call." The Lexicon Injection Project (LIP) is conducting an experiment to see how long it takes for "exit call" and "entrance call" (when the phone rings just as you are entering your home) to work their way into everyday language. One hypothesis is that if the report found at

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2952316-lexicon-injection-project-lip-introduces-2-phrases

(also found through http://tinyurl.com/LIPphoneterms)

gets spread around to a million people in 100 hours, then those phrases will by virtue of critical mass *have* to become recognized terms. This is a very interesting idea, and I'm participating. I have forwarded the above link to over 200 contacts on my e-mail list. Just think, by this time next week, when the boss asks you why you were late, you can say, "Because I got an emergency 'exit call' just as I was walking out the door." And the boss may well know exactly what you mean.

Exciting!

Learn more about the Lexicon Injection Project's parent company, The Punditty Project, at:
http://www.punditty.com

[Tom Kitten]

1. This is kinda like outdated spam, isn't it?

I mean I have my phone with me when I both enter and exit nowadays...

[victoryparty]

2. Outdated? Yes and no - Spam? Not at all

Outdated? Not really outdated for people who don't always carry cell phones, and of those who do, many still have landlines that fall into this category. Spam? Not at all. I think it will be interesting to see how many page views the report gets and then to see if either of those phrases turn up in popular usage.

[Tom Kitten]

3. All right then

I got taken to school here, thanks! :D

[Left Is Write]

4. I'll probably never use the term. If my phone rings as I'm walking out the door...

I go ahead and answer it, because it goes everywhere I do.

:D