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personal-message en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of personal message.
    • 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. 2023 December 17, Richard Smith, “blasting smallish tunnels in hard rock”, in rec.crafts.metalworking (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Nov 2025:
    • 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. 2001, Lynn Ponton, quoting a 13-year-old, “Dating and Sexuality”, in What I Wish You Knew: Letters from Our Daughters’ Lives, and Expert Advice on Staying Connected, Middleton, Wis.: Pleasant Company Publications, →ISBN, page 168, column 1:
    • Randol Meadows allegedly made lewd suggestions on Facebook after personal-messaging a fictitious girl created by Chouteau Police Officer Anna Cox. 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:
    • 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.” 2011, Sanjiv Bhattacharya, “The Order”, in Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy, Berkeley, Calif.: Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 225:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
personal-messaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
personal-messaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
personal-messaged Tense=Past lexicographic
personal-messages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic