Modern campaign element

• Dinner interrupter, often
• Little fellow gets worse with large beer (6, 4)
• Autodialed annoyance, often at dinnertime
• Autodialed electioneering tactic
• Telemarketing tactic
• Overture that ends quickly
• Campaigner's modern tool

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A robocall is a phone call that uses a computerized autodialer to deliver a pre-recorded message, as if from a robot . Robocalls are often associated with political and telemarketing phone campaigns, but can also be used for public-service or emergency ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context North America pejorative English) An automated telemarketing phone call that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message. n. (context North America pejorative English) An automated telemarketing phone call that uses both an autodialer and ...