noun
telephone dating service; sex chat line
Abbreviation of テレホンクラブ. Refers to a paid telephone service for dating or sexual conversation, popular in the 1990s–2000s. Often carries a seedy or adult-entertainment connotation.
See also: テレホンクラブ
昔はテレクラの広告が雑誌によく載っていた。
Back then, ads for telephone dating services were often in magazines.
I got hooked on a chat line and ended up paying a huge phone bill.