Increasingly common with the proliferation of cell phones and their free midnight minutes, the drunk-dial has become a national pastime. Some call these calls pathetic – particularly those made to exes – but others laud them as an outlet for spontaneous expression that at least is a whole lot healthier than many other drunken activities.<br />
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According to the Word Spy, a Web site that tracks new vocabulary, the term "drunk-dial" is both a verb and a noun (as in, "I got his drunk-dial"), but only applies to communications that are somehow embarrassing or absurd. One drunk-dials to emote, excoriate, declare, confide or proposition, often at a grossly inappropriate hour.<br />
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Ryan Little was feeling a little tipsy one recent night. He decided to call "this girl Diane" he knew from college. When his call went through, he started talking, flirtatiously and without stopping, for a full four minutes. Unfortunately, it wasn’t Diane on the other end. "I hit my Dad’s number instead," the Baltimore resident said.<br />
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