*67
See also: 67
English
editProper noun
edit*67
- (Canada, US, telephony) The telephone number used to block caller ID.
- 1990 September 17, “Briefs”, in Network World:
- Free caller ID blocking. […] The new feature will enable customers to hide their identification from […] caller ID by punching "*67" on push-button phones or dialing "1167" on rotary phones.
- 2010, House of Representatives, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010:
- Callers can block their Caller ID information on a per-call basis by dialling *67 before a call is made.
- 2013, Steven Kerry Brown, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, 3 edition:
- A *67 blocked call is reported to the receiving party's caller ID as a "private call".
Coordinate terms
editVerb
edit*67 (third-person singular simple present *67s, present participle *67ing, simple past and past participle *67ed)
- (Canada, US, telephony) To use the telephone number prefix to block caller ID.
- 1994 March, Hackle-b3rry phin, “Keeping a low profile on UNIX systems”, in Brotherhood of Warez, volume 3:
- [The NSA has] this dude who […] writes down all the numbers that pop up on the caller-id display. Don't forget to *67!!!
- 2010, Robin Palmer, Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker:
- [H]ow about *67ing him? That's what [she] does when she likes someone.