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instant-message en · VERB

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of instant message.
   alt of instant message
   • I thought the best way to make a boy like you was to prove how smart and witty you were, to provide numerous links to obscure songs and long interviews with dead authors. Wasn’t that the advantage of written communication? I instant-messaged crushes for hours while bored at work. 2017 June 10, Kaitlyn Greenidge, “Texting With Boys”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2017:
   • Participants instant-messaged application forms to each other and promoted the event at school meetings. 2005 October 17, Erika Hayasaki, “‘Kids Who Care’ a Force at Annual AIDS Walk”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026:
   • Hayes instant-messaged one of his trusted brokers in the City to tell him what direction he wanted Libor to move. 2017 January 18, Liam Vaughan, Gavin Finch, “Libor scandal: the bankers who fixed the world’s most important number”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2017:

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