A missed call is a telephone call that is not answered by its intended recipient prior to the termination of ringing on the recipient's end. The ringing may be terminated by the caller simply by hanging up the receiver of a landline phone, or pressing the appropriate button on a mobile phone, or if the answering machine or voicemail picks up on the recipient's end. The term "missed call" is only displayed prominently on mobile phones.
It is commonly used as a way of communicating or conveying messages for free.
To "miss call", in the Philippine-adapted form miskol, was declared the Word of the Year in 2007 at a language convention held in the University of the Philippines Diliman.
In Oman, there is a pop song based on missed calls.
Equivalents in other places are to drop call in the US, to beep in Africa, and to prank in England and Australia.
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