A girl from Karachi -- nickname: Miss Spock-y Ears and a boy from Hyderabad -- nickname: Dervish. This is their phone conversation. Read on:

You're a bot

And, you're a honeypot

Mr. Spock?

Yes,

Star Trek

Leonard Nimoy

Dunno! Who's that?

Spookism

Your ears are like that?

Miss Spock-y Ears!

You've got to be kidding me.

I kid you not.

Whatever

Spookism is the new word?

Yep.

Just one.

No. Dabbler too.

Oh, cool.

And, you're dervish?

Yep.

For short.

Hmm. Okay.

I gotta go.

The landline telephone — curly corded, cord-free, rotary or with chunky plastic buttons — used to be a fixture of American homes.

You're a junkie! 

Cradle.