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The verbal handshake that pretends two strangers were always going to talk.
means A standard greeting used to begin a conversation, answer a phone, or get someone's attention.
from From older forms like hollo and hallo, shouts to hail or rouse attention; Edison championed hello as the proper telephone greeting, beating out Bell's preferred ahoy.
Phone winnerEdison's hello crushed Bell's hoped-for ahoy.
First operatorsSwitchboard staff were nicknamed hello-girls.
Late bloomerBarely existed as a greeting before 1800s telephones.