I think this is at least tangentially relayed to what you’re asking:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_(French)

Edit: Actually this might be the exact opposite of what you’re asking…

Are you ok @pipedlinkbot?

I really miss small phones. Used to be a time when manufacturers were competing to make them as small as possible and Dell’s 5" phone was universally mocked as too big.