SMS

en-noun

SMS (countable and uncountable, plural SMSes)

/ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/

The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”

2007 October 15, Eric Newman, “iPhone is different things to different dudes”, in Brandweek, volume 48, →ISSN, page 226:

short message service
short message service#English

(uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.

short message service

(countable) A text message sent using this system.


SMS

en-verb

SMS (third-person singular simple present SMSes, present participle SMSing, simple past and past participle SMSed)

SMSes (present singular third-person)
SMSing (participle present)
SMSed (participle past)
SMSed (past)

/ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/

I SMSed him and asked why he was late.

I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.

short message service
short message service

To send a message on a cell phone via short message service.


SMS

de-noun

SMS f or n (strong or mixed, genitive SMS, plural SMS or SMSen or SMSe)

SMS (genitive)
SMS (plural)
SMSen (plural)
SMSe (plural)

/ˌɛsʔɛmˈʔɛs/


SMS

pl-noun

SMS m animal or m inan (related adjective SMS-owy)

SMS m animal or (canonical inanimate masculine)
SMS-owy (adjective)
SMS (nominative singular)
SMS-y (nominative plural)
SMS-a (genitive singular)
SMS-u (genitive singular)
SMS-ów (genitive plural)
SMS-owi (dative singular)
SMS-om (dative plural)
SMS-a (accusative singular)
SMS (accusative singular)
SMS-y (accusative plural)
SMS-em (instrumental singular)
SMS-ami (instrumental plural)
SMS-ie (locative singular)
SMS-ach (locative plural)
SMS-ie (singular vocative)
SMS-y (plural vocative)

Orthographic borrowing from English SMS.

(countable) SMS, text message (brief electronic message sent between mobile phones)


text

en-verb

text (third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle texted or (colloquial) text)

texts (present singular third-person)
texting (participle present)
texted (participle past)
texted (past)
text (colloquial participle past)
text (colloquial past)

→ Welsh: tecstio

From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”). Cognate to English texture.

der

Just text me when you get here.

I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.

Short Message Service
Short Message Service

(transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

mandar/enviar mensagem/mensagem de texto (uma)


text message

en-verb

text message (third-person singular simple present text messages, present participle text messaging, simple past and past participle text messaged)

text messages (present singular third-person)
text messaging (participle present)
text messaged (participle past)
text messaged (past)

I told him to text message you when he's finished.

Please text message the directions to me.

Just text message me the information.

Stop text messaging during class time.

She's been text messaging all afternoon.

(transitive or intransitive) To transmit a text message.

SMS

to transmit a text message — see also send, text message


short message service

the system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones


sext

From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.

(historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.


sext

Blend of sex + text. As a verb, a back-formation from earlier sexting, formed from the noun.

Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message

2001 November 22, Baltimore Sun, page 37:

An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.


sext

sext (third-person singular simple present sexts, present participle sexting, simple past and past participle sexted)

sexts (present singular third-person)
sexting (participle present)
sexted (participle past)
sexted (past)

Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham

2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption)

[…] trying to get into the swing of things by texting my husband (I was a little tipsy, I will admit): "How do you sext someone?" hoping to engage in the latest trend. All I got was, "What!" in reply.

2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, “Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8”, in New Zealand Herald, page 35:

The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.

2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, “Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme”, in Albany Student Press:

We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.

2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, page 3:

Sexting sonnets / Under the tables

2022, “Billions”, performed by Caroline Polachek:

(intransitive and transitive) To send a sext.


texting

en-noun

texting (countable and uncountable, plural textings)

Blend of text + messaging, derived from text messaging

The use of a mobile phone to send text messages.


bluejacking

bluejacking (usually uncountable, plural bluejackings)

The act, practice, or activity of sending anonymous text messages to a mobile phone using Bluetooth.


predictive text

[…] whereas before it more ^([sic]) akin to a typewriter, nowadays, with built in functions such as spelling check and predictive text, Microsoft Word has evolved to the point where it appears to “know” what you would like to do.

2012, Anthony Elliott, Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies, page 138:

(computing) A system, as in a word processor, that attempts to predict and autocomplete the text being typed.

词组联想

function on certain text messaging software


MMS

pl-noun

MMS m animal or m inan (related adjective MMS-owy)

MMS m animal or (canonical inanimate masculine)
MMS-owy (adjective)
MMS (nominative singular)
MMS-y (nominative plural)
MMS-a (genitive singular)
MMS-u (genitive singular)
MMS-ów (genitive plural)
MMS-owi (dative singular)
MMS-om (dative plural)
MMS-a (accusative singular)
MMS (accusative singular)
MMS-y (accusative plural)
MMS-em (instrumental singular)
MMS-ami (instrumental plural)
MMS-ie (locative singular)
MMS-ach (locative plural)
MMS-ie (singular vocative)
MMS-y (plural vocative)

Orthographic borrowing from English MMS.

(uncountable, telecommunications) Multimedia Messaging Service (standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from a mobile phone over a cellular network)


txtspk

Alteration of textspeak, having had all its vowels removed.

Use correct English (or the appropriate language for non-English channels). Txtspk and 13375p34k (modern variants of the English language used for mobile and online communications) are obnoxious to some and completely incomprehensible to others.

2011, Ben Melançon, Susan Stewart, chapter 9, in The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7, Apress, →ISBN, page 200:

(text messaging) Abbreviation of textspeak.


textspeak

For 40 years the society has championed good English – and hasn't been above the occasional criticism of the Queen's own standards of English – but it has finally conceded it cannot survive in the era of textspeak and Twitter.

2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2016-03-10:

(informal) The abbreviated, simplified form of language used in text messages, which often elides vowels and omits punctuation and capitalisation.


minka

minka (nominative singular)
minki (nominative plural)
minki (genitive singular)
minek (genitive plural)
mince (dative singular)
minkom (dative plural)
minkę (accusative singular)
minki (accusative plural)
minką (instrumental singular)
minkami (instrumental plural)
mince (locative singular)
minkach (locative plural)
minko (singular vocative)
minki (plural vocative)

(colloquial) emoticon (graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication)


textual harassment

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Blend of textual + sexual harassment. The term textual harassment is from Mary Jacobus, 'Is There a Woman in This Text?' New Literary History 14 (Fall 1982): 117-41."

Sexual harassment
sexual harassment#English

Sexual harassment by means of explicit text messages.


textonym

When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home.

Any of a set of words that share the same numeric combination as another when typed using a mobile phone that uses predictive text


strapline

(British) A memorable slogan attached to a commercial brand.


textese

(informal) An abbreviated form of language used in texting, instant messaging, chatrooms, etc.


esemes

esemes m animal or m inan (related adjective esemesowy)

esemes m animal or (canonical inanimate masculine)
esemesowy (adjective)
esemes (nominative singular)
esemesy (nominative plural)
esemesa (genitive singular)
esemesu (genitive singular)
esemesów (genitive plural)
esemesowi (dative singular)
esemesom (dative plural)
esemesa (accusative singular)
esemes (accusative singular)
esemesy (accusative plural)
esemesem (instrumental singular)
esemesami (instrumental plural)
esemesie (locative singular)
esemesach (locative plural)
esemesie (singular vocative)
esemesy (plural vocative)

Phonetic respelling of the initialism SMS.


esemesować

esemesować (infinitive)
esemesuję (present singular)
esemesujemy (plural present)
esemesujesz (present singular)
esemesujecie (plural present)
esemesuje (present singular third-person)
esemesują (plural present third-person)
esemesuje się (impersonal present)
esemesowałem (masculine past singular)
-(e)m esemesował (masculine past singular)
esemesowałam (feminine past singular)
-(e)m esemesowała (feminine past singular)
esemesowałom (neuter past singular)
-(e)m esemesowało (neuter past singular)
esemesowaliśmy (past plural virile)
-(e)śmy esemesowali (past plural virile)
esemesowałyśmy (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)śmy esemesowały (nonvirile past plural)
esemesowałeś (masculine past singular)
-(e)ś esemesował (masculine past singular)
esemesowałaś (feminine past singular)
-(e)ś esemesowała (feminine past singular)
esemesowałoś (neuter past singular)
-(e)ś esemesowało (neuter past singular)
esemesowaliście (past plural virile)
-(e)ście esemesowali (past plural virile)
esemesowałyście (nonvirile past plural)
-(e)ście esemesowały (nonvirile past plural)
esemesował (masculine past singular third-person)
esemesowała (feminine past singular third-person)
esemesowało (neuter past singular third-person)
esemesowali (past plural third-person virile)
esemesowały (nonvirile past plural third-person)
esemesowano (impersonal past)
będę esemesował (future masculine singular)
będę esemesować (future masculine singular)
będę esemesowała (feminine future singular)
będę esemesować (feminine future singular)
będę esemesowało (future neuter singular)
będę esemesować (future neuter singular)
będziemy esemesowali (future plural virile)
będziemy esemesować (future plural virile)
będziemy esemesowały (future nonvirile plural)
będziemy esemesować (future nonvirile plural)
będziesz esemesował (future masculine singular)
będziesz esemesować (future masculine singular)
będziesz esemesowała (feminine future singular)
będziesz esemesować (feminine future singular)
będziesz esemesowało (future neuter singular)
będziesz esemesować (future neuter singular)
będziecie esemesowali (future plural virile)
będziecie esemesować (future plural virile)
będziecie esemesowały (future nonvirile plural)
będziecie esemesować (future nonvirile plural)
będzie esemesował (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie esemesować (future masculine singular third-person)
będzie esemesowała (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie esemesować (feminine future singular third-person)
będzie esemesowało (future neuter singular third-person)
będzie esemesować (future neuter singular third-person)
będą esemesowali (future plural third-person virile)
będą esemesować (future plural third-person virile)
będą esemesowały (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będą esemesować (future nonvirile plural third-person)
będzie esemesować się (future impersonal)
esemesowałbym (conditional masculine singular)
bym esemesował (conditional masculine singular)
esemesowałabym (conditional feminine singular)
bym esemesowała (conditional feminine singular)
esemesowałobym (conditional neuter singular)
bym esemesowało (conditional neuter singular)
esemesowalibyśmy (conditional plural virile)
byśmy esemesowali (conditional plural virile)
esemesowałybyśmy (conditional nonvirile plural)
byśmy esemesowały (conditional nonvirile plural)
esemesowałbyś (conditional masculine singular)
byś esemesował (conditional masculine singular)
esemesowałabyś (conditional feminine singular)
byś esemesowała (conditional feminine singular)
esemesowałobyś (conditional neuter singular)
byś esemesowało (conditional neuter singular)
esemesowalibyście (conditional plural virile)
byście esemesowali (conditional plural virile)
esemesowałybyście (conditional nonvirile plural)
byście esemesowały (conditional nonvirile plural)
esemesowałby (conditional masculine singular third-person)
by esemesował (conditional masculine singular third-person)
esemesowałaby (conditional feminine singular third-person)
by esemesowała (conditional feminine singular third-person)
esemesowałoby (conditional neuter singular third-person)
by esemesowało (conditional neuter singular third-person)
esemesowaliby (conditional plural third-person virile)
by esemesowali (conditional plural third-person virile)
esemesowałyby (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
by esemesowały (conditional nonvirile plural third-person)
esemesowano by (conditional impersonal)
niech esemesuję (imperative singular)
esemesujmy (imperative plural)
esemesuj (imperative singular)
esemesujcie (imperative plural)
niech esemesuje (imperative singular third-person)
niech esemesują (imperative plural third-person)
esemesujący (active adjectival masculine participle singular)
esemesująca (active adjectival feminine participle singular)
esemesujące (active adjectival neuter participle singular)
esemesujący (active adjectival participle plural virile)
esemesujące (active adjectival nonvirile participle plural)
esemesując (adjectival contemporary participle)
esemesowanie (noun-from-verb)

(intransitive) to SMS, to text (to send a message on a cell phone)


emotikon

emotikon (nominative singular)
emotikony (nominative plural)
emotikonu (genitive singular)
emotikonów (genitive plural)
emotikonowi (dative singular)
emotikonom (dative plural)
emotikon (accusative singular)
emotikony (accusative plural)
emotikonem (instrumental singular)
emotikonami (instrumental plural)
emotikonie (locative singular)
emotikonach (locative plural)
emotikonie (singular vocative)
emotikony (plural vocative)


sms

sms m animal or m inan (related adjective sms-owy)

sms m animal or (canonical inanimate masculine)
sms-owy (adjective)
sms (nominative singular)
sms-y (nominative plural)
sms-a (genitive singular)
sms-u (genitive singular)
sms-ów (genitive plural)
sms-owi (dative singular)
sms-om (dative plural)
sms-a (accusative singular)
sms (accusative singular)
sms-y (accusative plural)
sms-em (instrumental singular)
sms-ami (instrumental plural)
sms-ie (locative singular)
sms-ach (locative plural)
sms-ie (singular vocative)
sms-y (plural vocative)


textaholic

Marie, on her bar-stool texting on her mobile (I dread to think what the textaholic's phone-bill will be)...

The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.

2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You:

Text messaging: most guys prefer to talk than text, but most New Age women are textaholics, so it can be guaranteed if your man's phone keeps on bleeping with a text message notifications^([sic]) it's usually another woman.

(slang) One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.


simsen

de-verb

simsen (weak, third-person singular present simst, past tense simste, past participle gesimst, auxiliary haben)

simst (present singular third-person)
simste (past)
gesimst (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
simsen (infinitive)
simsend (participle present)
gesimst (participle past)
simse (first-person indicative present singular)
simsen (first-person indicative plural present)
simse (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
simsen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
simst (indicative present second-person singular)
simst (indicative plural present second-person)
simsest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
simset (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
simst (indicative present singular third-person)
simsen (indicative plural present third-person)
simse (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
simsen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
simste (first-person indicative preterite singular)
simsten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
simste (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
simsten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
simstest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
simstet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
simstest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
simstet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
simste (indicative preterite singular third-person)
simsten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
simste (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
simsten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
sims (imperative second-person singular)
simse (imperative second-person singular)
simst (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gesimst (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gesimst (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gesimst (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gesimst (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gesimst (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gesimst (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gesimst (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gesimst (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gesimst (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gesimst (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gesimst (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gesimst (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gesimst (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gesimst (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gesimst (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gesimst (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gesimst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gesimst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gesimst (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gesimst (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gesimst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gesimst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gesimst (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gesimst (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
simsen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde simsen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden simsen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest simsen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet simsen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde simsen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden simsen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde simsen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden simsen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde simsen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden simsen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst simsen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet simsen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest simsen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet simsen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird simsen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden simsen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde simsen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden simsen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gesimst haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gesimst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gesimst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gesimst haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gesimst haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gesimst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gesimst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gesimst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gesimst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gesimst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gesimst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gesimst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From SMS (“short message service”) + -en, with excrescent -i-.

Aber es ist gleichzeitig ein Zeitfresser; deshalb müssen Eltern Grenzen setzen, wann und wie lang ihre Kinder simsen dürfen, und sicherstellen, dass ihre Kinder nicht zu unmöglichen Tageszeiten simsen.

2014, Archibald D. Hart, Sylvia Hart Frejd, Digitale Invasion: Wie wir die Kontrolle über unser Leben zurückgewinnen, SCM Hänssler, →ISBN:

But it's also a time waster, so parents need to set limits on when and how long their children can text, and make sure their children aren't texting at inappropriate times of day.

(informal) to text message, to text, to SMS


teks

From English text message, text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”).

a text; a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message


teks

to text; to send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones


teks

Borrowed from English text, from Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus. Doublet of teksto.


sex-text

en-verb

sex-text (third-person singular simple present sex-texts, present participle sex-texting, simple past and past participle sex-texted)

sex-texts (present singular third-person)
sex-texting (participle present)
sex-texted (participle past)
sex-texted (past)

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It was reported [...] they had exchanged raunchy texts. Ms Uchitel denied all that yesterday, saying: "I have never sex-texted in my life."

2009 November 30, “I was at Crown but I never ran into Tiger Woods once, says nightclub hostess”, in News.com.au, archived from the original on 2009-12-03:

Eva Longoria splits from Tony Parker because he was allegedly sex-texting former team-mate's wife Erin Barry

2010 November 19, “Eva's hubby 'sex-texted mate's wife'”, in The Daily Mirror:

Some of Gary's mannerisms reminded her of her ex, the guy she caught sex-texting with the blonde next door.

2011, Diana Kirschner, Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor's Guide to Lasting Love:

“And stop fondling that damn thing,” Seth snapped. “An army of mafiya thugs could be trooping through that woman’s door, and there you are out in la la land, sex-texting your girlfriend.”

2008, Shannon McKenna, Extreme Danger (The McCloud Brothers, Book 5):

(transitive, intransitive) To send (someone) a sexually suggestive text message.


textversation

Immediately after this textversation, my concentration clocked off.

2008, Zoe Foster, Air Kisses, Michael Joseph, →ISBN:

If we actually replied to every single message sent to you, we'd all be stuck in an endless loop, replying to one text after the other until we all died (Remember when everyone ended every textversation with a single smiley?)

2010 January 25, “2010 Techtiquette Part 2”, in Manila Bulletin:

You and your child are at the pirate ship park, tucked away in a gated area. Which means you can text your friend without checking your son's whereabouts every fifteen seconds. You're getting consistent LOLs and the occasional OMG—a relaxing, fun textversation.

2012, Laurie Kilmartin, Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, Abrams Image, →ISBN:

A conversation carried out through text messaging.


multitexting

From multi- + texting, presumably as a play on multitasking.

(neologism) The act of electronically text messaging several people at the same time.

(neologism) The act of electronically text messaging while doing other things, i.e. multitasking.


sexter

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The circulation of sexted images is often intended to shame and disgrace the “sextee,” and sexters can face legal sanctions.

2013, Dafna Lemish, The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media, page 160:


esesman

esesman (nominative singular)
esesmany (nominative plural)
esesmana (genitive singular)
esesmanów (genitive plural)
esesmanowi (dative singular)
esesmanom (dative plural)
esesmana (accusative singular)
esesmany (accusative plural)
esesmanem (instrumental singular)
esesmanami (instrumental plural)
esesmanie (locative singular)
esesmanach (locative plural)
esesmanie (singular vocative)
esesmany (plural vocative)

From the phonetic similarity between esemes and esesman.


Weinergate

The now familiar story not only didn't go away, mainly because it was true, but it also morphed into what came to be called Weinergate, cashing in on the congressman's most unfortunate surname.

2015, Mark Y. Herring, Social Media and the Good Life: Do They Connect?, page 30:

(US politics, slang) A sexting scandal of 2011, involving US politician Anthony Weiner.


sextual

en-adj

sextual (comparative more sextual, superlative most sextual)

more sextual (comparative)
most sextual (superlative)

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Below is a short rundown of a few of the top locations for sextual feelings. It's no surprise why these resources are so popular, but at the same time, the ease of sexting can put us in compromising positions if we're not careful.

2013, Margo Strupeck, Seven Deadly Clicks: Essential Lessons for Online Safety and Success, Zest Books, →ISBN:

It was the work of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart that helped to expose the sextual shenanigans of Representative Andrew Weiner, […]

2014, Timothy Stanley, Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration between LA and DC Revolutionized American Politics, Thomas Dunne, →ISBN, page 251:

We have heard tales of couples with awesome sextual chemistry, but no sexual chemistry.

2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 156:

Of, relating to, or characteristic of sexting.


sextually

en-adv

sextually (comparative more sextually, superlative most sextually)

more sextually (comparative)
most sextually (superlative)

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The story is basically this: On Wednesday a BuzzFeed reporter -- perhaps with sextually challenged New York politico Anthony Weiner on the brain -- posted a story about Lee exchanging private messages with Booker, the bachelor mayor of Newark, N.J.

2013 September 26, Matt Pearce, “Cory Booker's Twitter stripper: 'It's not a sex scandal!'”, in Los Angeles Times:

If you're a slow boiler sexually, then don't get overheated sextually.

2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 151:

Last November, 22-year-old Khiry Johnson took the stand on the syndicated daytime television show Divorce Court and accused his significant other, Erin Rodgers, of being sextually untrue. “We both have iPhones, and we both have emojis,” Johnson testified. “Now, I feel like certain emojis shouldn’t just get sent to anybody. I’m referring to emojis with the heart eyes. Blowing a heart kiss. … Even the eggplant that some people refer to as male genitalia.”

2015 April 3, Amanda Hess, “Move Over, Banana”, in Salon:


textident

It doesn’t take much for a driver to have a “textident,” according to Distractology 101, a hands-on tool to teach new drivers how texting, emailing, snacking or other distractions can lead to car accidents.

2011 September 6, Deborah Allard, “Crash course gets young drivers' attention”, in The Herald News:

The key is walking with a friend while you are texting. Any person will do as long as they have clear eyesight. While this may seem rude, you will have your own personal crossing guard to prevent textidents and possibly save your life.

2012, Katie Krall & Katie Kaminsky, "A Hawk's declassified school survival guide", Southwords (Maine Township High School, South), Volume 49, Number 1, 14 September 2012, page 10

Simulator instructor Robert Bliss told Zukowski the "textident" -- an accident caused by texting -- was inevitable.

2013 October 9, Dick Lindsay, “'Distractology 101' simulator teaches Lee students driving, texting don't mix”, in The Berkshire Eagle:

(informal) An accident caused by a driver or pedestrian focused on texting.


text tennis

(humorous) The exchange of a series of text messages.


ememes

pl-noun

ememes m animal or m inan (related adjective ememesowy)

ememes m animal or (canonical inanimate masculine)
ememesowy (adjective)
ememes (nominative singular)
ememesy (nominative plural)
ememesa (genitive singular)
ememesu (genitive singular)
ememesów (genitive plural)
ememesowi (dative singular)
ememesom (dative plural)
ememesa (accusative singular)
ememes (accusative singular)
ememesy (accusative plural)
ememesem (instrumental singular)
ememesami (instrumental plural)
ememesie (locative singular)
ememesach (locative plural)
ememesie (singular vocative)
ememesy (plural vocative)

Phonetic respelling of the initialism MMS.

MMS, PXT, picture message, multimedia message (message sent using Multimedia Messaging Service)


ujumbe mfupi

sw-noun

ujumbe mfupi class XI (plural jumbe fupi class X)

ujumbe mfupi class XI (canonical)
jumbe fupi class X (plural)


atẹjiṣẹ

/à.tɛ̀.d͡ʒí.ʃɛ́/

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + tẹ̀ (“to type”) + jẹ́ (“to send, deliver”) + iṣẹ́ (“a message”), literally “that which is sent and delivered”.

affix

Àtẹ̀jíṣé tí a sẹ̀sẹ̀ gbà láti ọwọ́ ọmọ Nàìjíríà rere kan fi yé wa pé súnkẹrẹrẹ-fàkẹrẹrẹ ọkọ̀ wà láti Ajégúnlẹ̀ sí Mile Two pọ̀ díẹ̀ nítorí òjò tí ó rọ̀.

2015, Dayo Akanmu, quoting Bàṣírù Àdìsá reading a text message from an eyewitness for the program Lójú Pópó (on the road) on Fàájì 105.6 FM Lagos, “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism, volume 5, number 1, School of Languages, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria, →DOI:

The text message we have just received from a good citizen of Nigeria informed us that there was a serious traffic jam from Ajégúnlẹ̀ to Mile Two because of the rain.


پیامک

head

پیامک • (payâmak) (plural پیامکها (payâmak-hâ))

From پیام (payâm, “message”) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).


fext

en-verb

fext (third-person singular simple present fexts, present participle fexting, simple past and past participle fexted)

fexts (present singular third-person)
fexting (participle present)
fexted (participle past)
fexted (past)

They can be weaponized, as in the case of Bravo’s “Real Housewives,” who now regularly show up at reunions with binders of printed text fights, a.k.a. “the receipts.” “Fexting” also keeps therapists and divorce lawyers busy.

2022 November 7, Reyhan Harmanci, “Love Comes and Goes, but a Screenshot Is Forever”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


jejemon

tl-noun

jéjemón (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)

jéjemón (canonical)
ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌd͡ʒɛː.d͡ʒɛˈmon̪]

Blend of English Digimon + Spanish jeje.

a style of texting or typing words with unnecessary alternating caps, addition of extra letters, and substitution of letters with similar looking or sounding keyboard characters which may in turn, seem incomprehensible to others


dystextia

en-noun

dystextia (countable and uncountable, plural dystextias)

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2013, A Ravi, VR Rao, JP Klein, “Dystextia: Acute Stroke in the Modern Age”, in JAMA Neurol, volume 70, number 3, →DOI, page 404:

Stroke recognition remains a barrier to care in cerebrovascular disease. Despite an increasing reliance on digital communication, the clinical utility of deficits relating to technology remains unexplored. Dystextia and dystypia, terms used to refer to impairments in texting and typing, respectively, may serve as modern indicators of stroke and provide information regarding stroke duration, symptomatology, and etiological diagnosis.

2019, Amit K. Sharma, Sebastian Fridman, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Luciano A. Sposato, “Dystextia and dystypia as modern stroke symptoms: A case series and literature review”, in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, volume 180, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 25–27:

(neurology, pathology) Disordered or garbled text messaging associated with medical events like a stroke.


emotka

emotka (nominative singular)
emotki (nominative plural)
emotki (genitive singular)
emotek (genitive plural)
emotce (dative singular)
emotkom (dative plural)
emotkę (accusative singular)
emotki (accusative plural)
emotką (instrumental singular)
emotkami (instrumental plural)
emotce (locative singular)
emotkach (locative plural)
emotko (singular vocative)
emotki (plural vocative)

emoticon (graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication)


double text

And now he’s ‘thumbsed’ it, so technically he was the last one to like, do something, but it still seems like a double text if I text him again…

2021 September 23, Steph Eckardt, quoting Harry Styles, “Harry Styles Paused a Concert to Dole Out Dating Advice”, in W, New York, N.Y.: W Media, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-02-06:


predictive texting

(computing) The composition of messages using predictive text.


esemesowy

pl-adj

esemesowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

esemesowy (masculine nominative singular)
esemesowa (feminine nominative singular)
esemesowe (neuter nominative singular)
esemesowi (nominative plural virile)
esemesowe (nominative plural)
esemesowego (genitive masculine singular)
esemesowej (feminine genitive singular)
esemesowego (genitive neuter singular)
esemesowych (genitive plural)
esemesowych (genitive plural virile)
esemesowemu (dative masculine singular)
esemesowej (dative feminine singular)
esemesowemu (dative neuter singular)
esemesowym (dative plural)
esemesowym (dative plural virile)
esemesowego (accusative animate masculine singular)
esemesowy (accusative inanimate masculine singular)
esemesową (accusative feminine singular)
esemesowe (accusative neuter singular)
esemesowych (accusative plural virile)
esemesowe (accusative plural)
esemesowym (instrumental masculine singular)
esemesową (feminine instrumental singular)
esemesowym (instrumental neuter singular)
esemesowymi (instrumental plural)
esemesowymi (instrumental plural virile)
esemesowym (locative masculine singular)
esemesowej (feminine locative singular)
esemesowym (locative neuter singular)
esemesowych (locative plural)
esemesowych (locative plural virile)

(relational) SMS, text message (brief electronic message sent between mobile phones)


chat fiction

en-noun

chat fiction (countable and uncountable, plural chat fictions)

(uncountable) A format of web fiction written solely in the form of text message or instant messaging conversations.


textmate

→ Cebuano: teksmet

→ Tagalog: teksmeyt

(Philippines) Someone, usually a friend, who one frequently communicates using text messages.


teksmeyt

tl-noun

teksmeyt (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English textmate. Compare Cebuano teksmet.

textmate (someone who one frequently communicates using text messages)