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pranking

Is the act of someone ringing your mobile once quickly with caller ID with no intention of you picking it up, so that you will call them back. Generally becuase they are a cheap ass.It originated from people with little credit on their mobile when they needed to make an important call, now it is misused for unimportant calls and many people wont return the pranking even from friends. It is frowned upon to do so and people who do it often generally end up with little respect.

pranking

by SteveD on Mar 03, 2008 11:11:38

As well as being used by cheap friends, pranking is also being reported as being used as a marketing strategy in Australia. You miss a call and your phone records it with caller ID, you return the call and find you're listening to a recorded marketing message

Example:
"oh, missed a call from 9555-1234...I wonder who that is..."

Dial 9555-1234...

''Thanks for calling back! For an online quote for lower cost car insurance go to www. ...'' Click!

"Damn, I wish they'd stop pranking me".

Prank

by The CowThatWentAllahuAckbar on Mar 10, 2015 06:42:27

A prank used to mean a practical joke, but the definition has slightly changed in the age of the youtube 'prank' video.

Nowadays a prank means saying provocative shit to someone, while secretly recording them, and then screaming "it's a prank, bro, it's a prank" when you elicit a violent response.

Example:
(Youtube Prankster approaches a girl walking with her boyfriend)
YP: DAMNNNNNN! Look at those melons. Can I please put my face in those melons?
Random girl: What the fuck?
(The expected happens and the girl and/or her boyfriend react violently to this sexual harrassment)
YP (after getting a slap in the face): It's a prank, bro, it's a prank. Look there's a camera right there! It's not sexual harassment if the camera's on.

Our youtube hero continues on his humorous adventures. This time, he is joined by a athletic looking black guy who looks like he can throw a punch.

YP: Yo! You wanna hear a joke?
Black Guy: Yeah!
YP: What does a black guy do after sex?
BG: What?
YP: 15 to life! hue hue hue.
BG: (Smacks our hero in the face)
YP: It's a prank, bro, it's a prank. It's not racist, bro, the camera's on.

Prank

by sleeping.in on Nov 13, 2004 07:55:24

A well played trick.

Example:
See "practical joke"

Is this a prank?

by Ijusthatepeople on Nov 14, 2011 05:49:23

Rhetorical question, synonymous with 'is this a joke?' asked when something even remotely unexpected has occurred. Soulless teenage girls have recently been prone to using this phrase because "is this a joke?" has become too mainstream; the use of it gives them a feeling of individuality.

Example:
1. Teacher: today we will be having a pop quiz.

Teenage girl: is this a prank? what's happening...?

2. Doctor: you're entire family has died in a car accident.

Teenage girl: meep. Is this a prank?

3. *drops a french fry on the floor

Teenage girl: is this a prank?

4. *absolutely nothing has happened at all

Teenage girl: is this a prank?

Prank

by SanicLeHegHog on Feb 27, 2017 06:26:37

A practical joke. There are the pranksters and the victims, the idea of pranks are to make people laugh, In some cases, even the victim (The good type).

Pranks are common on YouTube, they gain controversy which is usually the YouTuber's intention. More Controversy = More Views = More revenue.

This is, like many, a word that has lost its meaning through the years and has gotten worse and worse.

Silly -> Slight Inconvenience -> Bullying -> "Social Experiment".

Example:
Ethan decided that he would prank innocent shoppers by spitting food on the floor and shouting at the top of his lungs.

Prank

by wordexpert123 on Dec 22, 2015 19:08:07

A word to say when something doesn't go according to plan. E.g

Example:
*Robs a bank*

Police: I'ma shoot you
You: It's a prank
Police: You're free to go

Prank

by Eatthebottles on Apr 22, 2004 11:13:13

n. v. A mean spirited or malicious practical joke. Often pranks are aimed towards authority figures or disliked peers. Embarassing or painful to the prankee, but normally not fatal.

Example:
Filling your friend's fire extinguisher with gasoline.

pranked

by batman12122122 on Jul 09, 2009 08:07:36

having been on the receiving end of a prank

Example:
lol he got pranked

Prank

by ClusterFuck on Oct 12, 2015 10:19:55

Being a dick to random people on the street.

Example:
Yo so today we're gonna prank some black people by asking them to have sex with them.

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