To remove the names of people from your [phonebook] that you no longer want to have the urge to call or text. Particularly those people who were the reciever of previous romantic advances or friends who have become [yucky] in some way or another. Can also be used to refer to regular [clearing] of business dead ends or ex-clients info.

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