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textie en · NOUN

Etymology

From text + -ie.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, diminutive, form-of) Diminutive of text.
   form of text
   • ‘Ooooh!’ Connor teased, ‘Lanie’s got a textie from her boyfie.’ 2008, Carmen Reid, Late Night Shopping (Annie Valentine; 2), Corgi Books, Transworld, →ISBN, page 147:
   • Halfway through the night I got a textie from my girlfriend asking me to meet her at the DJ booth quickly. 2001 September 25, Ben Robinson, “convergance @ the fridge saturday 22nd sept”, in uk.music.rave (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
   • just write a textie which is not a reply to a previous one, and see what it comes up with: 'Number' and a little arrow pointing at the address book icon so you press that, so up comes a menu headed by 'Phone Book' […] 2003 May 20, flavio, “iBook > mobile phone > internet”, in uk.comp.sys.mac (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
   • I had a textie from Paul yesterday after the match. He's had his op, but was feeling very sore. 2002 March 17, Hazel, “Paul's op”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
   • Her cellphone beeps the arrival of a textie. 2004 February 17, Tiny Human Ferret, “youthful angst mass-reply”, in alt.gothic (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
   • I do use it for dialling up and no problem there (Nokia 7650 here) but i^([sic]) too find annoying the lack of feedback on whether a textie was successfully sent or not. 2004 March 29, Flavio Matani, “Bluetooth sucks....”, in uk.comp.sys.mac (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
   • Had a textie from BTC about new charges? 2002 January 23, vr5, “BT Cellnet's huge tariff increase”, in uk.telecom.mobile (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:

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