"textaholic" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-textaholic.ogg [Australia] Forms: textaholics [plural]
Etymology: text + -aholic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|text|aholic}} text + -aholic Head templates: {{en-noun}} textaholic (plural textaholics)
  1. (slang) One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People, Texting

Inflected forms

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