How do you hang up the phone?

End it

We end phone calls with the mere tap of a finger. When I was young, it was exciting to hang up on someone by slamming the receiver down. Slam your cell phone down and you might shatter the screen. I still hang up on solicitors. I hang up on political calls, too. What do you say? End the call, or hang up?

Some of us remember when we used to dial a number.

A recent WaPo article on evolving words and their meanings got me thinking about outdated words and phrases. Here’...