"personal-message" meaning in English

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          "text": "I met this great guy on the Internet, and he is perfect for me in every way. I saw his name one day and just personal-messaged him.",
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          "ref": "2011, Sanjiv Bhattacharya, “The Order”, in Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy, Berkeley, Calif.: Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 225:",
          "text": "Once the site had been up for a couple of days, Hyrum personal-messaged me through Myspace: “this is hyrum, on this site i go by young please dont say anything to any one^([sic]) . . . every one is going crazy and paul is trying to find out who made it.”",
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          "ref": "2015 February 16, “Felony Charges: Man comes to Chouteau for sex with fake girl, 15?”, in The Paper, Pryor Creek, Okla.: Pryor Creek Publishing, page 19, column 2:",
          "text": "Randol Meadows allegedly made lewd suggestions on Facebook after personal-messaging a fictitious girl created by Chouteau Police Officer Anna Cox.",
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          "ref": "2023 December 17, Richard Smith, “blasting smallish tunnels in hard rock”, in rec.crafts.metalworking (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Nov 2025:",
          "text": "If you want to personal-message me, go to my website \"[URL]\" and use the \"Contact me\" form and we can pick up on a private email chat if you prefer that.",
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          "text": "Once the site had been up for a couple of days, Hyrum personal-messaged me through Myspace: “this is hyrum, on this site i go by young please dont say anything to any one^([sic]) . . . every one is going crazy and paul is trying to find out who made it.”",
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