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textaholic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From text + -aholic.

Meanings

1. (slang) One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.
   • Marie, on her bar-stool texting on her mobile (I dread to think what the textaholic's phone-bill will be)... 2007, Nicola Chalk, Because of You:
   • The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic. 2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You:
   • Text messaging: most guys prefer to talk than text, but most New Age women are textaholics, so it can be guaranteed if your man's phone keeps on bleeping with a text message notifications^([sic]) it's usually another woman. 2007, O. T. Begho, Just telling it!:

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