A prank call (also known as a crank call or hoax call) is a telephone practical joke. I remember reading somewhere that "crank call" basically came from someone mishearing "prank call". Prank phone calls began to gain a worldwide following since the invention of telephones, as they became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded among musicians, sound engineers, and media traders beginning in the late 1970s. Oftentimes it is associated with children or immature behavior. just now. Wikipedia says that crank call is another name for prank call: A prank call (also known as a crank call) is a telephone practical joke. A crank call may be like heavy respiratory, or 'ring and run'. A prank call may be like "do you have breasts? They're effectively interchangeable. A prank call is a practical joke made by a child or childish person, usually out of boredom.

For me, a prank has a area of humour (even nonetheless juvenile). A crank call is a type of prank call where the person is old enough to have better ways of entertaining himself, or is motivated by pathology of some sort. The letter c/p. There's some humor involved-- though not always for the person targeted. Oh, isn't this KFC?" A prank call is when someone calls a telephone line for the sole purpose of playing a prank or joke on the receiving end.The call is supposed to be anonymous and seen as funny for the prankster and slightly annoying for the user.