4-1-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-1-1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12857636 411 Originally a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States, which was free in most states in the U.S. until the early 1980s. Later became slang in the U.S. and Canada referring to information or gossip. Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang