texting
Sending short messages
Texting is sending written messages via mobile phone or messaging app.
The term emerged with SMS technology in the 1990s and now covers any typed conversation on a phone: I was texting my sister when the bus arrived.
Texting while driving is illegal in many places.
The noun texting refers to the activity itself: Too much texting is ruining kids' spelling.
Shortened word form
- acronymWord made from initials
- LOLInternet amusement abbreviation
- OMGTexted exclamation of shock
- BRBTexted temporary departure
ROFL · IMO · slang · shorthand · lingo · typo · autocorrect · predictive
Mobile text protocol
- MMSMobile multimedia protocol
- messageTransmitted communication
- sendCause to arrive elsewhere
- receiveAccept something offered
reply · thread · inbox · outbox · draft · compose · notification · read
Handheld connected computer
- cellphonePortable wireless telephone
- keyboardArray of input keys
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- thumbsShortest manual digits
QWERTY · swipe · tap · vibrate · ringtone · notification · silent · contacts
Freedom from observation
- encryptionConverting data into code
- end-to-endSpanning the full sequence
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- muteWithout voice or sound
report · spam · phishing · scam · cyberbullying · sexting · screenshot · consent
Abruptly ceasing all communication
- seenPerceived visually
- toneQuality of sound
- miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
- oversharingRevealing too much personally
boundaries · late-night · cold · dry
abbreviation
Shortened word form
BRB · ROFL · IMO · slang · shorthand · lingo · typo · autocorrect · predictive · emoji
SMS
Mobile text protocol
receive · reply · thread · inbox · outbox · draft · compose · notification · read · unread
smartphone
Handheld connected computer
- cellphonePortable wireless telephone
- keyboardArray of input keys
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
thumbs · QWERTY · swipe · tap · vibrate · ringtone · notification · silent · contacts · app
privacy
Freedom from observation
- encryptionConverting data into code
- end-to-endSpanning the full sequence
- blockSolid mass, or impede
mute · report · spam · phishing · scam · cyberbullying · sexting · screenshot · consent · harassment
ghosting
Abruptly ceasing all communication
- seenPerceived visually
- toneQuality of sound
- miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
oversharing · boundaries · late-night · cold · dry
data
Facts for analysis
5G · LTE · signal · coverage · roaming · airtime · carrier · network · offline · sync
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- daily lifewaking up, sleeping, eating, drinking, cooking
- digital communicationemail, internet, chat, messaging, SMS
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
textingformal letter
Structured professional written communication
written correspondence · emailing · email · handwriting · snail mail
- texting backReplying via phone message
- drunk textingMessaging while intoxicated
- texting and drivingUsing phone while steering
- texting while drivingOperating phone while steering
- textile millsFacilities manufacturing woven goods
- textile fiberStrand used in fabric