title: “Hot Lines” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Marian Flores”
Purple power: Psychic ability
Phonies: Psychics who work the 900 lines. Their clients are known as 900 nuts
Vampire: Client who won’t quit. ““Jeez, the vampire kept saying “Just one more question’.''
Twinkie: Person obsessed with astrology
Ending cycle: Euphemism for death. ““I see your father entering an ending cycle.''
Hand job: Palm reading
Saganism: Skepticism (after scientist Carl Sagan)
Scarecroppers: Psychics whose doom-filled predictions keep the client coming back
Seersuckers: Clients who believe anything
Crystal ballbusters: Clients who believe nothing
