0898 numbern.

Brit.

/ˌəʊ eɪt ˈnʌɪn eɪt nʌmbə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊ eɪt ˈnaɪn eɪt ˌnəmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: O n.³, eight adj., nine adj.

Etymology: < O n.³ + eight adj. + nine adj. + eight adj. + number n. Written with numerical symbol for first element.

British.

A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0898 offering services (esp. chat lines) for which callers are charged at a premium rate; (in extended use) any premium-rate telephone service, esp. a chat line offering sexual content.Although the 0898 prefix was superseded in 2000 by a variety of different prefixes, the extended use has persisted.

ΚΠ

1988 Guardian 4 Feb. (Computer section) 17/2 Telemap plans to be first to offer a premium-priced, dial-up data service using an 0898 number.

1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 281 We give value for money. Not like the 0898 numbers. Lots of what I'd call porn barons have got into it because they know how much money it makes.

1994 Independent on Sunday 17 July (Review Suppl.) 34/2 Today, perhaps, there's a bulletin board on the Internet or an 0898 number for heterogeneric lonely hearts.

2003 Radio Times (Nexis) 1 Mar. 17 Chaps..should be setting their video for a cavalcade of oestrogen-driven crudity, the like of which would normally cost £1.75 a minute on an 0898 number.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	0898 number
释义	0898 numbern. Brit. /ˌəʊ eɪt ˈnʌɪn eɪt nʌmbə/, U.S. /ˌoʊ eɪt ˈnaɪn eɪt ˌnəmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: O n.³, eight adj., nine adj. Etymology: < O n.³ + eight adj. + nine adj. + eight adj. + number n. Written with numerical symbol for first element. British. A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0898 offering services (esp. chat lines) for which callers are charged at a premium rate; (in extended use) any premium-rate telephone service, esp. a chat line offering sexual content.Although the 0898 prefix was superseded in 2000 by a variety of different prefixes, the extended use has persisted. ΚΠ 1988 Guardian 4 Feb. (Computer section) 17/2 Telemap plans to be first to offer a premium-priced, dial-up data service using an 0898 number. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 281 We give value for money. Not like the 0898 numbers. Lots of what I'd call porn barons have got into it because they know how much money it makes. 1994 Independent on Sunday 17 July (Review Suppl.) 34/2 Today, perhaps, there's a bulletin board on the Internet or an 0898 number for heterogeneric lonely hearts. 2003 Radio Times (Nexis) 1 Mar. 17 Chaps..should be setting their video for a cavalcade of oestrogen-driven crudity, the like of which would normally cost £1.75 a minute on an 0898 number. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1988
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