Aftercall
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A subsequent call
"It so happened that Christmas was near and I was invited to go to Basrah, so I used that for an excuse to not make an aftercall. Months later, when I was sitting in the hospital one day, a woman came throwing her black abba over my head."
- 2 A call for retribution arising subsequently to the commission of an offense (e.g. sin, crime, etc)
Example
More examples"It so happened that Christmas was near and I was invited to go to Basrah, so I used that for an excuse to not make an aftercall. Months later, when I was sitting in the hospital one day, a woman came throwing her black abba over my head."
Etymology
From after- + call.
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